unit 6 Flashcards
Adenoid/o
Adenoids
Aden/o
Gland
-al
Pertaining to
Angi/o
Blood/lymph vessel
Anti-
Against
-ary
Pertaining to
Axill/o
Armpit
Bacteri/o
Bacteria
Bio-
Life
Blast/o
Embryonic
Brachy-
Short
Carcin/o
Cancerous
Cervic/o
Neck
Cervix
-cide
Causing death
Cyt/o
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Surgical removal
-edema
Swelling
-genesis
Creation
Reproduction
-gram
A picture/ record
Hem/o
Hemat/o
Blood
-ic
Pertaining to
Immun/o
Immune
Protection
Safe
Inguin/o
Groin
-itis
Inflammation
Lymph/o
Lymph
Lymphaden/o
Lymph gland
Lymphangi/o
Lymph vessel
-lytic
To reduce
Destroy
Macr/o
Large
Mast/o
Breast
-megaly
Breast
My/o
Muscle
Myel/o
Spinal cord
Bone marrow
Neo-
New
Neur/o
Nerve
-ology
Study of
-ologist
Specialist
-oma
Tumor
Neoplasm
Onc/o
Tumor
Oste/o
Bone
-pathy
Disease
Phag/o
-phage
Eat
Swallow
-plasm
Formative material of cells
Retin/o
Retina
-rrhagia
Bleeding
Sarc/o
Flesh
Connective tissue
Splen/o
Spleen
Tele-
Distant
Far
-therapy
Treatment
Thym/o
Thymus gland
Soul
-tic
Pertaining to
Tonsill/o
Tonsil
Tox/o
Poison
Vir/o
Virus
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
The advanced stages of human immunodeficiency virus infection (AIDS)
Bactericide
A substance that causes the death of bacteria
Allergen
A substance capable of causing an allergic reaction
Brachytherapy
The use of radioactive materials placed in contact with, or implanted into, the tissues to be treated
Anaphylaxis
A sever response to a foreign substance such as a drug, food, insect venom, or chemical; systemic reaction
Carcinoma
A malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue