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med term
chapt. 7 lymph/immune system word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| agglutin/o | clumping, sticking together |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| calc/o | calcium |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eyther/o | red |
| eti/o | the cause of a disease/condition |
| fung/o | fungus |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| iatr/o | physician, treatment |
| immun/o | immune, protection |
| kal/o | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lipid/o | fatty deposits, lipids |
| log/o | study |
| ly/o | break down, dissolve, loosen |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymphatic node |
| lymphangi/o | lymphatic vessel |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | eat, swallow, gulf |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ser/o | serum, serous |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| vir/o | virus |