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Medical Terminology (chap 9)
Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems
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Undergraduate 1
12/06/2007
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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agglutin/o
 Definition
clumping, gluing
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bas/o
 Definition

base (alkaine, opposite of acid)
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blast/o
 Definition
embryonic cell
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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eosin/o
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dawn (rose-colored)
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erythr/o
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red
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granul/o

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granule
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hem/o

hemat/o

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blood
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, immunity, save
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kary/o

nucle/o

 Definition
nucleus
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lymphden/o
 Definition
lympy gland (node)
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lymph/o

 Definition
lymph
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lympangi/o
 Definition
lymph vessel
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morph/o
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form, shape, structure
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spianl cord
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neutr/o
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neutral, neither
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phag/o
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swallowing, eatting
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plas/o
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formation, growth
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poikil/o
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varied, irregular
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reticul/o
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net, mesh
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sider/o
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iron
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ser/o
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serum
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splen/o
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spleen
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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xen/o
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foreign, strange
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-blast
 Definition
embyronic cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-graft
 Definition
transplantation
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-oisis
 Definition
abnomal condition: increse (used primarily with blood cells)
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
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-phil

 Definition
attraction for
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-phoresis
 Definition
carring, transmission
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
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-poiesis
 Definition
formaiton, production
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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a-
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without, not
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allo-
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other, differing from the normal
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aniso-
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unequal, dissimilar
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iso-

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same, equal
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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mono-
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one
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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