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Wk 5 - Lymphatic
Week 5 - Lymphatic System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland (node) |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| onc/o | tumor |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| xanth/o, jaund/o | yellow |
| -ation | process of |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| allo- | other, differing from the normal |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| ana- | against; up; back |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many, much |