Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune System Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
3
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping, gluing
4
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
5
Q
axill/o
A
axilla, underarm
6
Q
bas/o
A
base, alkaline (opposite or acid)
7
Q
blast/o
A
embryonic cell
8
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
9
Q
chrom/o
A
color
10
Q
coagul/o
A
clotting
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
embol/o
A
embolus plug
14
Q
eosin/o
A
dawn (rose colored)
15
Q
erythr/o
A
red
16
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibers, fibrous
17
Q
fus/o
A
pouring
18
Q
granul/o
A
granule
19
Q
hem/o
A
blood
20
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
immun/o
A
immune, immunity, safe
22
Q
inguin/o
A
groin region
23
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
24
Q
leuk/o
A
white
25
lymph/o
lymph
26
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
27
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
28
morph/o
form, shape, structure
29
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
30
neutr/o
neutral, neither
31
nucleu/o
nucleus
32
path/o
disease
33
phag/o
swallowing, eating
34
plas/o
formation, growth
35
plasm/a
plasma or cytoplasm
36
plasm/o
plasma or cytoplasm
37
poikil/o
varied, irregular
38
pyr/o
fever, fire
39
pyret/o
fever, fire
40
reticul/o
net, mesh
41
sanguin/o
blood
42
septic/o
infection
43
ser/o
serum
44
sider/o
iron
45
splen/o
spleen
46
therapeut/o
treatment
47
thromb/o
blood clot
48
thym/o
thymus gland
49
tonsill/o
tonsils
50
tox/o
poison
51
xen/o
foreign, strange
