Immune Sys Flashcards by David Holmberg

aden/o

gland

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aden/oid

resembling a gland, -oid: resembling

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agglutin/o

clumping, gluing

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agglutin/ation

process of clumnping, -ation: process of

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bas/o

base (alkaline)

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bas/o/phil

attraction to base (alkaline dyes), -phil: attraction for

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blast/o

embryonic cells

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erythr/o/blast/osis

abnormal increase of embryonic red cells, erythr/o-red, -osis- abnormal condition,

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chrom/o

color

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hypo/chrom/ic

under (decrease in) color

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eosin/o

dawn, rose-colored

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eosin/o/phil

attraction for rose colored (dye), -phil: attraction

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eryht/o

red

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erythr/o/cyte

red cell

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granul/o

granule

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granul/o/cyte

cell (containing granules) -cyte: cyte

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hem/o

blood

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hem/o/phobia

fear of blood, -phobia: fear

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hemat/o

blood

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hemat/oma

blood tumor, -oma: tumor

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immun/o

immune, immunity, safe

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imun/o/logy

study of immunity, -logy: study of

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kary/o

nucleus

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kary/o/lysis

destruction of the nucleus, -lysis: separation, destruction, loosening

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nucle/o

nucleus

mono/nucle/ar

pertaining to a single nucleus, mono: one, -ar: pertaining to

leuk/o

white

leuk/emia

white blood condition, -emia: blood condition

lymphaden/o

lymph gland (node)

lymphaden/o/pathy

disease of lymph nodes, -pathy: disease

lymph/o

lymph

lymph/oid

resembling lymph, -oid: resembling

lymphangio/o

lymph vessel

lymphangi/oma

tumor composed of lymph vessels, -oma: tumor

morph/o

form, shape, structure

morph/o/logy

study of form, shape, and structure, -logy: study of

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

myel/o/genic

pertaining to the origin in the bone marrow, gen: forming producing, origin, -ic: pertaining to

neutro/o

neutral, neither

neutro/phil/ic

pertaining to an attraaction for neuctral dyes, -phil: attraction for, -ic: pertaining to

phag/o

swallowing, eating

phag/o/cyte

cell that eats (foreign material), -cyte: cell

plas/o

formation, growth

a/plast/tic

pertaining to a failure to form, a-:without, -tic:pertaining to

poikil/o

varied, irregular

poikil/o/cyte

cells that is irregular or varied (in shape)

reticul/o

net, mesh

reticul/o/cyte

cells that contains a net or meshwork

ser/o

serum

ser/o/logy

study of serum

sider/o

iron

sider/o/penia

deficiency of iron

splen/o

spleen

splen/o/rrhagia

bursting forth of the spleen, -rrhagia: busting forth

thromb/o

blood clot

xen/o

foreign, strange

xen/o/graft

foreign transplantation, -graft: transplantation

-blast

embryonic cell

erythr/o/blast

embryonic red cell

-emia

blood condition

an/emia

without blood, an-: without, not

-globin

protein

hem/o/globin

blood protein, hem/o: blood

-graft

transplantation

autograft

self transplantation, auto-: self, own

-osis

abnormal condition, increased

leuk/o/cyt/osis

abnormal increase in white blood cells, leuko/white, cyt: cell

-penia

decrease, deficiency

erythr/o/penia

abnormal decrease in RBC

-phil

attraction for

-phoresis

carrying, transmission

electr/o/phoresis

carrying an electric charge, electr/o: electricity

-phylaxis

protection

ana/phylaxis

against protection, ana-: against,

-poiesis

formation, production

hem/o/poiesis

formation of blood, hem/o: blood

-stasis

standing still

hem/o/stasis

standing still of blood, hem/o: blood

without, not

allo-

other, different

aniso-

unequal, dissimilar

aniso/cyt/osis

abnormal increase in cells that are unequal

iso-

same, equall

iso/chrom/ic

pertaining to the same color

macro-

large

macro/cyte

large (red) cell

micro-

small

micro/cyte

small (red) cell