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Chap 6 All Word Part
Lymphatic and Immune System
Word Part | Definition |
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carcin/o | cancerous |
cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
immun/o | immune, proctective, safe |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
neo-, ne/o | new, strange |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
onc/o | tumor |
phag/o | eat, swallow |
-plasm | formative material of cells |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
splen/o | spleen |
-tic | pertaining to |
tox/o | poison, poisonous |
hemat/o, hem/o | blood, relating to the blood |
-ologist | specialist |
-al | pertaining to |
axill/o | armpit |
-ary | pertaining to |
inguin/o | groin |
-itis | inflammation |
-pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-megaly | enlargement |
-rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-graphy | process of producing a picture or record |
-gram | picture or record |
-edema | swelling |
-cyte, cyt/o | cell |
macro | large, abnormal size or length |
-ic | pertaining to |
vir/o | poison, virus |
-us | thing, singular noun ending |
anti- | against |
bi/o | life |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
-cide | causing death |
-static, -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
fung/i | fungus |
myc/o | fungus |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
-genesis, -genic | creation, reproduction |
my/o | muscle |
meta- | change, beyond |
aden/o | gland |
oste/o | bone |
bi- | twice, double, two |
-opsy | vision, view of |
mast/o | breast |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
ne/o, neo- | new, strange |
plast | growth |
brachy- | short |
-therap/o, therapeut/o | treatment |
tele/o | distant, far |