Chapter 5 Intro to Med Terms E1 for HOSA SQT: Blood, Lymphatic, Immune System

adenoid/o

adenoids

agglutin/o

clumping/sticking together

angi/o

blood vessel

arteri/o

artery

fung/o

fungus

hem/o, hem/a, hemat/o

blood

iatr/o

physician, treatment

immun/o

immune, protection

kary/o, nucle/o

nucleus

leuk/o

white

ly/o

break down, loosen, dissolve

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph node

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessel

morph/o

shape, form

phag/o

eat, swallow, engulf

phleb/o, ven/i, ven/o

vein

ser/o

serum, serous

splen/o

spleen

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus

tonsill/o

tonsils

tox/o

poison

vir/o

virus

con-

together, with

en-

in, within

macro-, mega-

large

mono-

one, single

neo-

new

poly-

many, much

pro-

before, forward

-blast

developing cell

-crit

to separate

-e

noun suffix, no meaning

-emic

relating to blood condition

-fusion

to pour, come together

-globulin

protein

-ia

condition

-in, -ine

chemical compound

-lytic

pertaining to the breakdown or destruction

-phage

eat or swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phil, -philia

love, attraction for

-phoresis

transmission, carrying

-plasm

formation, structure

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage

rupture or bursting forth of blood

-sis

state

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-suppression

to stop

anemia

deficiency of red blood cells

hemophilia

blood doesn’t clot, “love for blood”

leukemia

cancer of blood-forming bone marrow/disease of the white blood cells

multiple myeloma

cancer of the blood where cells grow uncontrollably in the bone marrow

polycythemia

bone marrow disorder that causes excessive production of RBCs

lymphoma

malignant cancer of the lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue

mononucleosis

a disease where there is an increased number of lymphocytes and monocytes

splenomegaly

enlargement of the spleen

iatrogenic

infection/disease that occurs as a result of a medical intervention

idiopathic

having an unknown etiology

immunological

relating to the study of the immune system

ischemic

temporary deficiency of blood flow to a particular organ or tissue

metabolic

producing energy from food (change in the casting of)

neoplastic

a new formation or mass, cancerous or not

nosocomial

a type of disease that occurs when being taken care of in a hospital

immunoelectrophoresis

a test that carries immune system proteins using electricity to measure immunoglobulins

morphology

study of the shape/form of something

serology

study of serum; refers to tests to screen a person’s blood for antigen/antibody reactions

antibiotic

a drug that fights live infections, typically bacterial

antifungal

drug that treats fungal infections

antineoplastic

drug that blocks the growth of a neoplasm/new tumor

antiviral

transfusion

transfer of blood across a donor to a recipient

cytotoxic

a drug that is harmful to cells and prevents them from multiplying

immunotherapy

a therapy that stimulates or inhibits the immune system