Untitled Flashcards Set

	Combining Form (Root Word plus Combining Vowel) Meaning
aden/o	gland
adenoid/o	adenoids
agglutin/o	clumping; sticking together
angi/o	vessel (blood)
arteri/o	artery
bacteri/o	bacteria
calc/o	calcium
cyt/o	cell
erythr/o	red
eti/o	the cause of a disease or condition
fung/o	fungus
hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o	blood
iatr/o	physician; treatment
immun/o	immune; protection
kal/i	potassium
kary/o	nucleus
leuk/o	white
lipid/o	fatty deposits; lipids
log/o	study
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
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
tonsill/o	tonsils
tox/o	poison
ven/i, ven/o	vein
vir/o	virus

Prefixes

The prefixes listed are not specific to terminology pertaining to the lymphatic and immune systems. These universal prefixes are used in many other medical terms, which you will learn as you progress through this book.

	Prefix Meaning
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

Suffixes

The suffixes that follow are common in medical terms used to describe conditions, procedures, and treatments relating to the lymphatic and immune systems.

	Suffix Meaning
-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic	pertaining to
-ation	process; condition
-blast	developing cell
-capnia	carbon dioxide
-cide	to kill
-crit	to separate
-cyte	cell
-e	(noun suffix with no meaning)
-ectomy	surgical removal; excision
-emia	blood condition
-emic	pertaining to blood condition
-fuge	to separate by spinning
-fusion	to pour; to come together
-gen	substance that produces
-globulin	protein
-ia	condition
-in, -ine	chemical; chemical compound; substance
-itis	inflammation
-logist	specialist
-logy	study of
-lysis	breakdown; separation; loosening
-lytic	pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-megaly	enlargement
-oma	tumor; mass
-osis	process; abnormal condition
-pathy	disease
-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