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Lymphatic prefixes
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09/06/2025
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Term
lymph-/ lympho
 Definition
lymph, lymphatic fluid
Term
splen-/ spleno
 Definition

spleen
Term
thym-/ thymo-
 Definition

thymus gland
Term
tonsill- / tonsillo-
 Definition

tonsil
Term

Aden-/adeno-

 Definition
  • gland (especially lymph nodes)
Term
immun-/immuno
 Definition

immune, protection 
Term
leuk-/leuko-
 Definition
white (white blood cells)
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erythr-/erythro-
 Definition
red (blood cells, relevant to lymphatic circulation)
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phag-/phago-
 Definition
eat, engulf (phagocytes in immunity)
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onc-/onco-
 Definition
tumor (lymphomas, cancers of lymphatic tissue)
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necr-/ necro- 
 Definition

death (as in tissue death linked with immune response)
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path-/patho-
 Definition
disease (pathogen)
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tox-/toxo-/toxico
 Definition

poison, toxin 
Term
auto-
 Definition

self (autoimmune) 
Term
heter-/hetero-
 Definition
different, other (heterograft in transplant immunity)
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all-/allo-
 Definition
other, different (allergy, allograft)
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anti-
 Definition
against 
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