lymphatic immune system word parts

Prefixes

a- (absence of, without)

an- (absence of, without)

ana- (up, upward or back, backward)

brady- (slow)

inter- (between)

pan- (all)

Combining Forms

immun/o (immune, immunity)

lymph/o (lymph, lymph tissue)

lymphaden/o (lymph gland, lymph node)

myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord)

splen/o (spleen)

thym/o (thymus gland)

tox/o (poison)

Suffixes

-ac (one affected with)

-apheresis (withdrawal or removal)

-cyte (cell)

-ectomy (excision, cut out)

-itis (inflammation)

-logist (specialist, physician who studies and treats)

-logy (study of)

-megaly (enlarged, enlargement)

-oid (resembling)

-oma (tumor, swelling)

-osis (abnormal condition)

-pathy (disease)

-penia (decrease, deficiency)

-poiesis (formation, production)

-rrhaphy (suturing)