Integumentary System Vocab

adenoid/o

adenoids

agglutin/o

clumping; sticking together

angi/o

vessel (blood)

arteri/o

artery

cyt/o

cell

erthyr/o

red

fung/o

fungus

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

iatr/o

physician; treatment

immun/o

immune; protection

kary/o

nucelus

leuk/o

white

log/o

study

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

lymp/o, lymphmat/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph node

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessel

morph/o

shape; form

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

nucle/o

nucleus

path/o

disease

phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

phleb/o

vein

ser/o

serum; serous

splen/o

spleen

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus

tonsil/o

tonsils

tox/o

poison

ven/i, ven/o

vein

vir/o

virus

a-, an-

not; without

anti-

against

auto-

self

con-

together; with

en-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

macro-

large

mega-

large

meta-

change; beyond

mono-

one; single

neo-

new

poly-

many; much

pro-

before; forward

trans-

across

-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic

pertaining to

-ation

process; condition

-blast

developing cell

-crit

to separate

-cyte

cell

-e

(noun suffix with no meaning)

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-in, -ine

chemical; chemical compound; substance

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-lysis

breakdown; separating; loosening

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-phage

eat; swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phil, -philia

love; attraction for

-phoresis

transmission; carrying

-plasm

formation; structure

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage

rupture; bursting forth (of blood)

-sis

state; condition

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-suppression

to stop

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

bands

immature white blood cells (granulocytes)

baso

basophils

CBC

complete blood count (consists of an RBC, WBC, hgb, Hct, and PLT count and WBC differential)

CT

computerized topography

cu mm

cubic millimeters

diff

differential

Dx

diagnosis

eos

eosinophils

g/dL

grams per deciliter

HCT, Hct

hematocrit (the proportion of the volume of blood that contains RBCs)

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

IgA

immunoglobulin A

IgD

immunoglobulin D

IgE

immunoglobulin E

IgG

immunoglobulin G

IgM

immunoglobulin M

lymphs

lymphocytes

million/uL

million per microliter

mono

monocytes

NK cells

natural killer cells