Medical Terminology Chapter 9

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What does the term 'adeno/o' refer to?

  • color
  • blood
  • spleen
  • gland (correct)

What does the term 'blast/o' refer to?

  • immune
  • embryonic cell (correct)
  • red
  • nucleus

What does 'chrom/o' mean?

color

What does 'erythr/o' indicate?

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What does 'granul/o' refer to?

<p>granule</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'hem/o' signify?

<p>blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'hemat/o' denote?

<p>blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'immun/o' refer to?

<p>immune, immunity, safe</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'nucle/o' indicate?

<p>nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'leuk/o' mean?

<p>white</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'lymph/o' represent?

<p>lymph</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'myel/o' denote?

<p>bone marrow, spinal cord</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'neutr/o' mean?

<p>neutral, neither</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'phag/o' indicate?

<p>swallowing, eating</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'splen/o' refer to?

<p>spleen</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'thromb/o' signify?

<p>blood clot</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'thym/o' represent?

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Root Words and Their Meanings

  • adeno/o: Refers to glands.
  • blast/o: Indicates embryonic cells.
  • chrom/o: Associated with color.
  • erythr/o: Denotes red color.
  • granul/o: Pertains to granules.
  • hem/o and hemat/o: Both relate to blood.
  • immun/o: Concerns immunity and safety.
  • nucle/o: Refers to the nucleus.
  • leuk/o: Indicates white color.
  • lymph/o: Associated with lymphatic fluid.
  • myel/o: Pertains to bone marrow or spinal cord.
  • neutr/o: Refers to neutral or neither.
  • phag/o: Indicates swallowing or eating.
  • splen/o: Refers to the spleen.
  • thromb/o: Indicates blood clots.
  • thym/o: Refers to the thymus gland.

Suffixes and Their Meanings

  • -blast: Refers to an embryonic cell.
  • -globin: Indicates a type of protein.
  • -graft: Pertains to transplantation.
  • -phoresis: Refers to carrying or transmission.
  • -phylaxis: Indicates protection.
  • -poiesis: Relates to formation or production.
  • -stasis: Pertains to standing still.

Prefixes and Their Meanings

  • allo-: Indicates other or differing from the normal.
  • agglutin/o: Refers to clumping or gluing.
  • bas/o: Indicates base (alkaline).
  • eosin/o: Refers to dawn or rose-colored.
  • kary/o: Pertains to the nucleus.
  • lymphaden/o: Relates to lymph glands (nodes).
  • lymphangi/o: Relates to lymph vessels.
  • plas/o: Pertains to formation or growth.
  • reticul/o: Refers to net or mesh.
  • sider/o: Indicates iron.
  • ser/o: Refers to serum.

Conditions and Abnormalities

  • -emia: Denotes blood conditions.
  • -osis: Refers to abnormal conditions or increases, primarily with blood cells.
  • -penia: Indicates a decrease or deficiency.
  • -phil: Indicates attraction for a substance.

Additional Prefixes Associated with Measurement

  • a-: Means without or not.
  • aniso-: Indicates unequal or dissimilar.
  • iso-: Refers to same or equal.
  • macro-: Indicates large size.
  • micro-: Indicates small size.
  • mono-: Refers to one.
  • poly-: Refers to many or much.
  • morph/o: Relates to form, shape, or structure.
  • poikil/o: Indicates varied or irregular.
  • xen/o: Refers to foreign or strange.

Example Medical Terms

  • hypo/chrom/ic: Pertaining to undercolor.
  • eosin/o/phil: Attraction for rose-colored cells.
  • erythr/o/cyte: Refers to a red blood cell.
  • granul/o/cyte: Refers to a granule-containing cell.
  • hem/o/phobia: Fear of blood.
  • hemat/oma: Blood tumor.
  • immun/o/logy: Study of immunity.
  • kary/o/lysis: Destruction of the nucleus.
  • mono/nucle/ar: Pertaining to one nucleus.
  • leuk/emia: White blood condition (cancer of blood-forming tissues).
  • lymphaden/o/pathy: Disease of the lymph glands.
  • lymph/oid: Resembling lymph.
  • lymphangi/oma: Tumor of lymph vessels.
  • morph/o/logy: Study of form and structure.
  • myel/o/gen/ic: Originating in or produced by bone marrow.

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