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Blood, lymph, immune
Medical terms for blood, lymph, and immune systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| bas/o | base (alkaline, opposite of acid) |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| chrom/o | color |
| eosin/o | dawn (rose-colored) |
| 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 (node) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| neutr/o | neutral, neither |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| plas/o | formation, growth |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| reticul/o | net, mesh |
| ser/o | serum |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | 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; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| allo- | other, differing from the normal |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| iso- | same, equal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many, much |
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