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Med Term Chap. 6
Lymphatic & Immune-Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| agni/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| aut/o | self |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| blast/o | immature, embryonic |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyt/o | cell |
| immun/o | immune system, protected, safe |
| inguin/o | groin |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| neutr/o | neither, neutral |
| onc/o | tumor |
| phag/o | to eat or swallow |
| sarc/o | flesh, loose connective tissue |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsil, throat |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison, poisonous |
| an- | no, not, without |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | twice, double, 2 |
| bio- | life, living organisms or tissue |
| de- | down, lack of, from, not removal |
| dis- | negative, apart, absence of |
| epi- | above, upon, on |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| intra- | within, inside |
| macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long |
| meta- | beyond |
| neo- | new or strange |
| per- | excessive, through |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| sub- | under, less, below |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cide | causing death |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| -genesis | creation, reproduction |
| -gram | a picture or record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | abnormal enlargement |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | science or study of |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -penia | deficiency, lack, too few |
| -phage | cell that destroys, eats, & swallows |
| -plasm | formative material of cells, formation |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| -tic | pertaining to |