The Lymphatic System - Chapter 7 - Medical Terminology

Full Word Parts and Abbreviations

aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

agglutin/o

clumping;sticking together

angi/o

blood vessel

arteri/o

artery

bacteri/o

bacteria

calc/o

calcium

cyt/o

cell

erythr/o

red

eti/o

cause of disease

fung/o

fungus

hem/a

blood

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

iatr/o

physician;treatment

immun/o

immune;protection

kal/i

potassium

kary/o

nucleus

leuk/o

white

lipid/o

fat;lipids

log/o

study

ly/o

break down;dissolve

lymph/o

lymph

lymphat/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph node

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessel

morph/o

shape;form

myel/o

bone marrow;spinal cord

nucle/o

nucleus

path/o

disease

phag/o

eat;swallow;engulf

phleb/o

vein

ser/o

serum

splen/o

spleen

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus

tonsill/o

tonsils

tox/o

poison

ven/i

vein

ven/o

vein

vir/o

virus

a-

not;without

an-

not;without

anti-

against

auto-

self

con-

together;with

en-

in;within

epi-

on;over

macro-

large

mega-

large

meta-

change;beyond

mono-

one

neo-

new

poly-

many

pro-

before;forward

trans-

across

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ation

process;condition

-blast

developing cell

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-cide

to kill

-crit

to separate

-cyte

cell

-e

noun suffix

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to blood

-fuge

separate by spinning

-fusion

to pour together

-gen

substance that produces

-globulin

protein

-ia

condition

-in

substance

-ine

substance

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phage

eat;swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phil

attraction for

-philia

attraction for

-phoresis

transmission

-plasm

formation

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage

bursting forth

-sis

state;condition

-stasis

stoppage of flow