Medical Terminology
The Immune system
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aden/o
gland
carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
-oma
tumor
angio/o
vessel (blood)
lymph/o
lymph
splen/o
spleen
myel/o
bone marrow
-genesis
producing
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antiagainst
neonew
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
-pathy
disease
-edema
swelling
-cyte
cell
kines/o
movement
mast/o
breast
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-stasis
to stop
oste/o
bone
phag/o
eat; swallow
-megaly
enlargement
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
strept/o
twisted chains
-plastic
pertaining to formation
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adenocarcinoma
aden/o/carcin/oma
cancerous tumor of the tissue
antineoplastic
anti/neo/plastic
blocks the development of new growths
carcinoma
carcin/oma
a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
Immunologist
Immun/o/logist
specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the immune
system
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lymphadenitis
lymph/aden/itis
inflammation of the lymph nodes(glands)
lymphadenopathy
lymph/aden/o/pathy
a disease process affecting a lymph node or
nodes(glands)
• mastectomy
• mast/ectomy
• the surgical removal of the entire breast
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myosarcoma
my/o/sarc/oma
a malignant tumor derived from muscle connective tissue
Oncologist
Onc/o/logist
a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating malignant
disorders such as tumors and cancer
osteosarcoma
oste/o/sarc/oma
a malignant tumor usually involving connective tissue and bone
phagocyte
phag/o/cyte
eating/swallowing cells
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splenomegaly
splen/o/megaly
enlargement of the spleen
streptococci
strept/o/cocci
berry-shaped bacterium of twisted chains
define metastasize?
the process by which cancer spreads from one
place to another
• Define MRSA?
• methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Medical Terminology
• Define antibody?
• a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in
response to the presence of a specific antigen
• Define antigen?
• any substance that the body regards as being foreign, and
includes viruses, bacteria, toxins, and transplanted tissues
• Define HIV
• human immunodeficiency virus , a bloodborne infection in
which the virus damages or kills the cells of the immune
system, causing it to progressively fail
• Define AIDS
• acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, the most advanced,
and fatal, stage of an HIV infection