Immune System

aden/o

gland

agglutin/o

clumping

angi/o

blood vessle

arteri/o

artery

bacteri/o

bacteria

calc/o

calcium

eti/o

cause

fung/o

fungus

hem/o

blood

iatr/o

healing

kal/i

potassium

kary/o

nucleus

leuk/o

WBC

lipid/o

fat

ly/o

break down

thrombo/o

blood clot

morph/o

form

phag/o

eat

phleb/o

vein

ser/o

medicine

splen/o

spleen

lymph/o

lymph node

thym/o

thymus gland

tox/o

toxin

ven/i

vein

vir/o

virus

neo-

new

poly-

multiple

pro-

before

-ation

process

-blast

immature

-capnia

CO2

-cide

kill

-crit

seperate

-emia

blood

-emic

blood cond

-fuge

drive

-fusion

pour

-gen

produce

-globulin

protein

-in

substance

-therapy

treatment

eat

-phage

-pheresis

removal

-phil

love

-phoresis

carry

-plasm

form

-plastic

molding

-poiesis

making

-sis

condition

-sis

condition

-stasis

stopping

-suppresion

stop

-lytic

breaking

AIDS

acquried immunodeficiency syndrome

CBC

complete blood cells

EBV

epstein-barr virus

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

PLT

platelet

RBC

red blood cells

Hx

history

NK cells

natural killer virus

STAT

urgent

Strep A

streptococcus group a

WBC

white blood cells