Lymphatic and Immune Systems Flashcards

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anti-

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against

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aden/o

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gland

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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immun/o

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immune, protection, safe

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node or gland

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lymphangi/o

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lymphatic vessels and ducts

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lymphocyt/o

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lymphocytes

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myel/o

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bone marrow or spinal cord

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-oma

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tumor, neoplasm

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onc/o

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tumor

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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splen/o

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spleen

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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-tic

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pertaining to

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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allergen

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substance that produces an allergic response in an individual

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antibiotics

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medications capable of inhibiting growth or killing pathogenic bacteria

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antibody

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disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen

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antifungal

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agent that destroys or inhibits fungal growth

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antigen

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any substance the body regards as foreign

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bacteria

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one-celled microscopic organisms

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benign

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something that is not life-threatening and does not recur

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carcinoma

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a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue

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immunosuppressant

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substance that prevents or reduces the body’s normal immune response

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lymphadenitis

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inflammation of the lymph nodes

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lymphadenopathy

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any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes

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lymphedema

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swelling of the tissues due to abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within tissues

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lymphoma

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general term applied to malignancies affecting lymphoid tissues

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malignant

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becoming progressively worse and life-threatening

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metastasis

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the new cancer site that results from the spreading process.

the processes by which cancer is spread

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myoma

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benign tumor made up of muscle tissue

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myosarcoma

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malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue

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parasite

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a plant or animal that lives on or within another living organism at the expense of that organism

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sarcoma

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malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue

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splenomegaly

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abnormal enlargement of the spleen