Immune system vocab

chrom/o, chromat/o

color

cyto/o

cell

erythr/o

red

granul/o 

granules

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

immun/o

Immune, safe

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

neutr/o

neutral

nucle/o

nucleus

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation, growth

thromb/o

blood clot

auto-

self, same

basi-, baso-

base

macro-

large, long

micro-

small

mon-

one

pro-

before, promoting

poly-

many, much

-cyte

cell

-emia

blood (condition of)

-sis

condition, process

-gen

origin, production

-lysis

destruction, breakdown, separation

-osis

abnormal condition of

-penia

deficiency

-pexy

fixation, suspension