Blood and Lymphatic Word Parts Flashcards
adenoid/o
adenoids
agglutin/o
clumping sticking together
angi/o
vessel (blood)
arteri/o
artery
erythr/o
red
fung/o
fungus
hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o
blood
iatr/o
physician; treatment
immun/o
immune; protection
kary/o
nucleus
leuk/o
white
ly/o
break down; dissolve, loosen
lymph/o, lymphat/o
lymph
lymphaden/o
lymph node
lymphagi/o
lymphatic vessel
morph/o
shape; form
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
phag/o
eat; swallow; spinal cord
phag/o
eat; swallow; engulf
phleb/o
vein
ser/o
serum, serous
splen/o
spleen
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus
tox/o
poison
vir/o
virus
auto
self
con
together
epi
on; over; upon
macro
large
meta
change; beyond
mono
one; single
neo
new
poly
many much
pro
before; forward
trans
across
ation
process; condition
blast
developing cell
crit
to seperate
ectomy
excision
cyt/o
cell
log/o
study
tonsil/o
tonsils
a/an
not/ without
emia
blood condition
emic
pertaining to blood condition
fusion
to pour; to come together
gen
substance that produces
globulin
protein
lytic
pertaining to break down or destruction
megaly
enlargement
phage
eat; swallow