M: Ch 9 Blood, Lymph & Ch 10 Musculoskeletal

lymphaden/o:

lymph gland (node)

thymectomy

excision of the thymus

spondylitis:

inflammation of the vertebrae

phalangectomy:

excision, removal of phalanges/ fingers & toes

chondr/o:

cartilage

arthrodesis:

binding of a joint (immobilize relieve pain)

-lysis:

separation; destruction, loosening

-lytic:

separation; destruction, loosening

lymphangi/o:

lymph vessel

reticul/o:

net, mesh

ischi/o:

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

ischiodynia:

pain in ischium

lumb/o:

loins (lower back)

lumbodynia:

lower back/ loin pain

rhabd/o:

rod-shaped (striated)

rhabdoid:

resembling rod-shaped

rhabdomyoma:

tumor of rod-shaped (striated) muscle

rhabdomy/o:

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

clavicular:

pertaining to collar bone

leiomy/o:

smooth (visceral) muscle

muscul/o:

muscle

leiomyoma:

tumor of smooth muscle

cost/o:

ribs

costectomy:

excision of ribs

globin/o

protein

-edema

: swelling

sarc:

flesh, connective tissue

myel:

bone marrow; spinal cord

cyt/o

cell

monocyt/o:

one cell

philia:

attraction for

vascul:

vessel (blood or lymph)

gen:

forming, producing, origin

-ar:

pertaining to

mono-:

one

neutr/o:

neutral, neither

ana-:

against, up, back

phag/o

swallowing, eating

ser/o:

serum

poikil/o:

varied, irregular

immun/o:

immune, immunity, safe

-ation:

process (of)

-emia:

blood condition

-erythro/o:

red

-phil:

attraction for

-globin:

protein

-clasis:

to break, surgical fracture

aniso-

unequal, dissimilar

-pexy:

fixation (of organ)

-desis

: binding fixation (of bone or joint)

-stasis:

standing still

aden/o

gland

splen/o:

spleen

thym/o:

thymus gland

thromb/o:

blood clot

agglutin/o:

clumping, gluing

chrom/

color

blast/o:

embryonic cell

hemat/o:

blood

hem/o:

blood

granul/o:

granule

morph/o

form, shape, structure

nucle/o:

nucleus

myel/o:

bone marrow; spinal cord

-poiesis:

formation, production

-phylaxis:

protection

hypo-

below, under, deficient

leuk/o

white

lymph/o:

lymph

ac

pertaining to

-cyte:

cell

-ic:

pertaining to

-tomy:

incision

-centesis:

surgical puncture

ary

pertaining to

ar

pertaining to

al

pertaining to

ic

pertaining to

eal

pertaining to

ous

pertaining to

ior

pertaining to

ile

pertaining to

tic

pertaining to

-logy:

study of

-ectomy:

excision, removal

hypo-:

under, below, deficient

-penia:

decrease, deficiency

sider/o:

iron

a-

without, not

-megaly

enlargement

-osis: :

abnormal condition; increase (primarily blood cells)

-oid:

resembling

micro-:

small

lymphangioma

tumor of a lymph vessel

sideropenia:

decrease in iron

splenomegaly:

splenomegaly

thrombosis:

abnormal condition of a blood clot

morphology:

study of shapes (of cells)

hypochromic:

pertaining to deficient color (of red blood cells)

microcytic:

pertaining to small (red blood) cells