Chapter 7 word parts

splen/o

spleen

vir/o

virus

thym/o

thymus

tox/o

poison

thromb/o

clot

kal/i

potassium

eti/o

the cause of a disease or condition

macro-

large

trans-

across

auto-

self

meta-

change; beyond

con-

together; with

neo-

new

epi-

on; over; upon

pro-

before; forward

mono-

one; single

poly-

many; which

-ation

process; condition

-blast

developing cell

-crit

to separate

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-fusion

to pour; to come together

-gen

substance that produces

-globulin

protein

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-megaly

enalargement

-phage

eat; swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phoresis

transmission; carrying

-plasty

surgical repair

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage

rupture; bursting forth (of blood)

-sis

state; condition

-stasis

stoppage of flow