HPHY Term List 6

aden/o

gland

agglutin/o

clumping, gluing

embol/o

embolus (plug)

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

immune/o

immune, immunity, safe

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph gland (node)

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

myel/o

bone marrow (also spinal cord)

phag/o

swallowing, eating

thromb/o

blood clot

thym/o

thymus gland

ven/o

vein

-phage

swallowing, eating

-phylaxis

protection

-poiesis

formation, production

-stasis

standing still

Agglutination

process of clumping, gluing

Anaphylaxis

against protection

Anemia

blood condition of without, not (deficiency of red blood cells)

Embolectomy

excision, removal of an embolus (plug)

Erythrocyte

red blood cell

Hematoma

tumor (collection) of blood

Hemophilia

attraction for blood (bleeding disorder from lack of blood clotting)

Hemophobia

fear of blood

Hemopoiesis

formation, production of blood

Hemostasis

standing still blood (stagnant blood)

Leukemia

blood condition of white (cancer developing from leukocytes - white blood cells)

Leukocyte

white blood cell

Lymphadenitis

inflammation of lymph gland (node)

Lymphangiography

process of recording a lymph vessel

Lymphangioma

tumor of a lymph vessel

Lymphedema

swelling of lymph

Lymphopoiesis

formation, production of lymph

Macrophage

large swallowing, eating (type of white blood cell, phagocyte)

Mononucleosis

abnormal condition of one nucleus ("mono" acute viral infection)

Myelogenic

formed or produced in the bone marrow

Phagocyte

swallowing, eating cell (cell that carries out phagocytosis)

Splenomegaly

enlargement of the spleen

Thalassemia

blood condition of the sea (type of anemia, in people of Mediterranean origin)

Thrombolysis

separation, destruction, loosening of a blood clot

Thymoma

tumor of the thymus