Shared Flashcard Set

Details

lymphatic and respiratory system
prefixes, suffixes, word roots and abbreviations
53
Medical
Undergraduate 1
05/19/2025
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Medical Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
-ac
 Definition
one affected with
Term
-apheresis
 Definition
withdrawal or removal
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, cut out
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist who studies and treats
Term
-logy
 Definition
the study of
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlarged, enlargement
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
Term
adenoid/o
 Definition
adenoids
Term
agglutin/o
 Definition
clumping, sticking together
Term
angl/o
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
ateri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
fung/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
hem/a; hem/o; hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
physician; treatment
Term
immun/o
 Definition
immune; protection
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
log/o
 Definition
study
Term
ly/o
 Definition
breakdown; desolve; loosen
Term
lymph/o, lymphat/o
 Definition
lymph
Term
lymphaden/o
 Definition
lymph node
Term
lymphang/o
 Definition
lymph vessel
Term
morph/o
 Definition
shape; form
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord; bone marrow
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eat; swallow; engulf
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
ser/o
 Definition
serum; serous
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot
Term
thym/o
 Definition
thymus
Term
tonsil/o
 Definition
tonsils
Term
tox/o
 Definition
poison
Term
ven/i; ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
vir/o
 Definition
virus
Term
a-;an-
 Definition
not; without
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
-statis
 Definition
stoppage of flow
Term
-suppresion
 Definition
to stop
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment
Term
-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting, incision
Supporting users have an ad free experience!