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Ch. 5 Blood, Lymph, and Immune Flashcards

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-tomy

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Process of cutting; incision

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-therapy
•mental treatment

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Treatment

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-suppression
•pressure= to stop

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To stop

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-stasis

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Stoppage of flow

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-sis
• my sis is in a different state with a different weather condition

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State; condition

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-rrhage

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Rupture, bursting forth (of blood)

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-poiesis

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Formation

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-plastic

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Pertaining to formation

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-plasm

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Formation; structure

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-phoresis

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Transmission; carrying

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-phil, -philia
•boston<3

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Love; attraction for

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-pheresis

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Removal

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-phage

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Eat; swallow

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-oma

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Tumor; mass

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-lytic

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Pertaining to break down or destruction

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-lysis

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Breakdown; separation; loosening

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-logy

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Study of

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-logist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-in, -ine

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Chemical; chemical compound; substance

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-ia

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Condition

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-globulin

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Protein

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-gen
•generations keep producing people

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Substance that produces

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-fusion

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To pour; to come together

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-emic

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Pertaining to blood condition

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal; excision

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-e

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(Noun suffix with no meaning)

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-cyte

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Cell

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-crit

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To separate

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-blast

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Developing cell

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Angi/o

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Vessel (blood)

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Agglutin/o

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Clumping; sticking together

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Adenoid/o

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Adenoids

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-ation

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Process; condition

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-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic

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Pertaining to

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Pro-
•progress forward

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Before; forward

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Trans-

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Across

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Poly-

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Many; much

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Neo-
•sounds like new

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New

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Mono-

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One; single

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Meta-
•the metaverse is beyond our universe

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Change; beyond

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Mega-

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Large

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Macro-
•macrometers are large

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Large

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Epi-

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On; over; upon

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En-

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In; without

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Con-
•a congregation is people together

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Together; with

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Auto-

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Self

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Anti-

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Against

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a-, an-

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Not; without

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Vir/o

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Virus

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Ven/i, ven/o

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Vein

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Tox/o
•poison is toxic

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Poison

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsils

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Thym/o

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Thymes

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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Splen/o
•add another e

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Spleen

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Ser/o

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Serum; serous

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Phleb/o

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Vein

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Phag/o

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Eat; swallow; engulf

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Path/o
•what do pathogens cause?

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Disease

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Nucle/o

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Nucleus

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow; spinal cord

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Morph/o

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Shape; form

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Lymphangi/o

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Lymphatic vessel

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Lymphaden/o

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Lymph node

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Lymph/o, lymphat/o

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Lymph

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Ly/o

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Break down; dissolve; loosen

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Log/o

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Study

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Leuk/o

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White

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Kary/o

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Nucleus

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Immune/o

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Immune; protection

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iatr/o

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Physician; treatment

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Hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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Fung/o

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Fungus

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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