Chapter 5: Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune System

Medical Terminology

adenoid/o

adenoids

agglutin/o

clumping; sticking together

angi/o

vessel (blood)

arteri/o

artery

erythr/o

red

fung/o

fungus

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

iatr/o

physician; treatment

immun/o

immune; protection

kary/o

nucleus

leuk/o

white

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph node

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessel

morph/o

shape; form

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

phleb/o

vein

ser/o

serum; serous

splen/o

spleen

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus

tox/o

poison

vir/o

virus

auto-

self

con-

together; with

epi-

on; over; upon

macro-

large

meta-

change; beyond

mono-

one; single

neo-

new

poly-

many; much

pro-

before; forward

trans-

across

-ation

process; condition

-blast

developing cell

-crit

to separate

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-fusion

to pour; to come together

-gen

substance that produces

-globulin

protein

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-phage

eat; swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phoresis

transmission; carrying

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

rupture; bursting forth (of blood)