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Med Term Test Ch 6-8
Cardiovascular, blood, lymph, respiratory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| agglutin/o | to clump |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ather/o | fat, yellowish plaque |
| bas/o | base |
| blast/o | immature cell |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| eosin/o | red, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | protection |
| is/o | equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | to eat |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spher/o | sphere, round |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| macro- | large |
| mono- | one |
| pan- | all |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -lysis, -lysic | destruction |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -penia | deficiency, decreased number |
| ALL | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| T | Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy |
| AML | Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| WBC | White Blood Cell (Count) |
| CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| CML | Chronic Myelotic Leukemia |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| diff | WBC Differential |
| Hct | Hematocrit |
| Hgb | Hemoglobin |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| NHL | non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell (Count) |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| bronch/o, bronch/i | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | little bronchus |
| coni/o | dust |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleura, chest |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | pulmonary |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| spir/o | breath, breathe |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| phon/o | sound |
| eu- | normal |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation |
| -phonia | sound, voice |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | coughing, spitting up |
| -(r)rhea | excessive flow, discharge |
| -thorax | chest |
| ARDS | Acute (adult) Respiratory Distress Syndrom |
| CF | Cystis Fibrosis |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder |