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45 lymphatic and respiratory system word roots
respitory systemand lymphatic system
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Undergraduate 1
05/18/2025
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland (lymph nodes)
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immun/o
 Definition
immune,protection
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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phag/o
 Definition
eat,swallow
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splent/o
 Definition
spleen
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thym/o
 Definition
thymus
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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tox/o
 Definition
poison
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path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
auto
 Definition
self
Term
ne/o
 Definition
new
Term
gen/o
 Definition
producing
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kary/o
 Definition
nucleos
Term
blast/o
 Definition
immature cell
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leuk/o
 Definition
white (as in white blood)
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erythr/o
 Definition
red (blood cells)
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hemat/o /hem/o
 Definition
blood
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nas/o
 Definition
nose
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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sinus/o
 Definition
sinus
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pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx (throat)
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea (windpipe)
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bronch/o / bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchus
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bronchiol/o
 Definition
bronchiole (small airways)
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alveol/o
 Definition
alveoli(air sacs)
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pneum/o pneumon/o
 Definition
lung or air
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs)
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ox/o /oxi/o
 Definition
oxigen
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capn/o
 Definition
carbon dioxide
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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phon/o
 Definition
sound, voice
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spir/o
 Definition
breathe
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pector/o
 Definition
chest
Term
steth/o
 Definition
chest
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete or imperfect
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue (as cyanosis)
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hypox/o
 Definition
low oxygen
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ortho/o
 Definition
straighy (orthopnea= breathing better sitting up)
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py/o
 Definition
pus
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber (fibrosis)
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