Chapter 5 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
Breakdown; Dissolve; Loosen
Lymph/o, Lymphat/o
Lymph
Lymphaden/o
Lymph Node
Lymphangi/o
Lymphatic vessel
Morph/o
Shape; Form
Thromb/o
Clot
Myel/o
Bone Marrow; Spinal Cord
Phag/o
Eat; Swallow; Engulf
Phleb/o
Vein
Ser/o
Serum; serous
Splen/o
Spleen
Thym/o
Thymus
Tox/o
Poison
Vir/o
Virus
Auto-
Self
Epi-
On; Over; Upon
Con
Together; With
Meta-
Change; Beyond
Macro-
Large
Mono-
One; Single
Neo-
New
Poly-
Many; Much
Pro-
Before; Forward
Trans-
Across
-blast
Developing Cell
-ation
Process; Condition
-crit
To seperate
-ectomy
Surgical Removal; Excision
-emic
Pertaining to blood condition
-fusion
to pour; to come together
-gen
Substance that produces
-lytic
Pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-globulin
Protein
-megally
Enlargement
-phage
Eat; Swallow
-pheresis
Removal
-phoresis
Transmission; Carrying
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhage
Rupture; Bursting forth (of blood)