Medical Terminology Immune/Lymphatic System

aden/o

gland

agglutin/o

clumping/sticking together

angi/o

blood vessel

arteri/o

artery

bacteri/o

bacteria

calc/o

calcium

eti/o

cause/orgin

fung/o

fungus

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

iatr/o

physitain, act of healing

kal/i

potassium

kary/o

nucleus of the cell

leuk/o

white, white blood cell

lipid/o

fat

ly/o

to break down

thromb/o

blood clot

morph/o

form, shape, structure

phag/o

eat, consume

phleb/o

vein

ser/o

blood serum, medicine

splen/o

spleen

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph node

thym/o

thymus gland

tox/o

toxin/poison

ven/i, ven/o

vein

vir/o

virus

macro-, mega-

large

meta-

after, change

mono-

one

neo-

new, young

poly-

many

pro-

before, forward

-ation

condition, state

-blast

precursor cell

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-cide

kill/destroy

-crit

seperate

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-fuge

expel, drive away

-fusion

together, fuse

-gen

form, produce

-globulin

globular protein group

-in, -ine

nitrogen substance

-therapy

treatment, fixing

-phage

consume, destroy

-pheresis

removal, take away blood components

-phil, -philia

attraction

-phoresis

transmission, carrying

-plasm

substance indicating growth

-plastic

pertaining to surgical repair

-poiesis

formation

-sis

action, process

-stasis

to stop

-suppression

to stop a body function

-lytic

destruction

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

CBC

complete blood count

EBV

Epstein - Barr Virus

HBV

Hepatitis B virus

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

PLT, plt

platelets

RBC

red blood cell

Hx, hx

history

NK cells

natural killer cells

STAT

immediately

Strep A

group a Streptococcus

WBC

white blood cell