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MedTerm Chapter 9
Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
bas/o | base |
chrom/o | color |
erythr/o | red |
granul/o | granule |
hem/o hemat/o | blood |
immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
kary/o nucle/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
phag/o | swallowing, eating |
reticul/o | net, mesh |
ser/o | serum |
sider/o | iron |
splen/ | spleen |
thromb/o | blood clot |
thym/o | thymus gland |
xen/o | foreign, strange |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-emia | blood condition |
-globin | protein |
-graft | transplantation |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phil | attraction for |
-phoresis | carrying, transmission |
-phylaxis | protection |
-poiesis | formation, production |
-stasis | standing still |
allo- | other, differing from normal |
iso- | same, equal |