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Blood, Lymphatic

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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning


-blast	developing cell
-poresis	formation
Cyt/o	cell
-globulin	protein
Angi/o	vessel (blood)
ven/i, ven/o	vein
mono-	one; single
Lymphaden/o	lymph node
-gen	substance that produces
-ia	condition
-logist	specialist
path/o	disease
Ly/o	break down; dissolve; loosen
-ectomy	surgical removal; excision
splen/o	spleen
a-, an-	not; without
myel/o	bone marrow; spinal cord
-rrhage	rupture; bursting forth (of blood)
tox/o	poison
Immun/o	immune
-ation	process; condition
epi-	on; over; upon
-stasis	stoppage of flow
-e	noun (suffix with no meaning)
con-	together; with
auto-	self
-lytic	pertaining to breakdown or separation
ser/o	serum
thym/o	thymus
-in, -ine	chemical; chemical compound; substance
meta-	change; beyond
Iatr/o	physician; treatment
Lymphangi/o	lymphatic vessel
Lymph/o, Lymphat/o	lymph
anti-	against
-oma	tumor; mass
-tomy	process of cutting; incision
-emic	pertaining to blood condition
-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic	Pertaining to
-therapy	treatment
tonsill/o	tonsils
poly-	many; much
thromb/o	clot
-fusion	to pour; to come together
-itis	inflammation
-logy	study of
Kary/o	nucleus
en-	in; within
neo-	new
Adenoid/o	adenoids
macro-	large
Leuk/o	white
pro-	before; forward
-penia	deficiency
-plastic	pertaining to formation
vir/o	virus
trans-	across
-plasty	surgical repair
-pheresis	removal
-plasm	to pour; to come together
phleb/o	vein
Agglutin/o	clumping; sticking; together
Erythr/o	red
-lysis	breakdown; separation
-suppression	to stop
morph/o	shpe; form
-emia	blood condition
-cyte	cell
-phage	eat; swallow
mega-	large
Log/o	study
-sis	state; condition
phag/o	eat; swallow; engulf
nucle/o	nucleus
-crit	to separate
Fung/o	fungus
Hem/, hem/o, hemat/o	blood
-megaly	enlargement
-phil, -philia	love; attraction for
-poiesis	transmission; carrying

developing cell	: -blast	1	1	false
formation	: -poresis	2	1	false
Cyt/o	: cell	3	0	false
protein	: -globulin	4	1	false
Angi/o	: vessel (blood)	5	0	false
ven/i, ven/o	: vein	6	0	false
mono-	: one; single	7	0	false
Lymphaden/o	: lymph node	8	0	false
condition	: -ia	10	1	false
specialist	: -logist	11	1	false
path/o	: disease	12	0	false
-ectomy	: surgical removal; excision	14	0	false
spleen	: splen/o	15	1	false
not; without	: a-, an-	16	1	false
myel/o	: bone marrow; spinal cord	17	0	false
-rrhage	: rupture; bursting forth (of blood)	18	0	false
tox/o	: poison	19	0	false
Immun/o	: immune	20	0	false
-ation	: process; condition	21	0	false
on; over; upon	: epi-	22	1	false