This combining form represents the small clusters of tissues that filter out and/or trap impurities in the body and produce antibodies to fight disease; also called lymph nodes
What is lymphaden/o
200
removal of fluid with suction
What is aspiration
200
This combining form means shape
What is morph/o
200
This is the combining form for particles or granules
What is granul/o
200
This combining form path/o means
What is disease
200
This combining form represents the 3 sets of lymphatic tissue located in the throat; and also means tonsils
What is tonsill/o (remember the double LL)
300
Disease state of the lung
What is pneumonia
300
The combining form sanguin/o means
What is blood
300
This is the meaning of the combining form thromb/o
What is clot
300
Poison is the meaning of this combining form
What is tox/o
300
The combining form adenoid/o means this
What is adenoids
400
Excision of the adenoid
What is adenoidectomy
400
This combining form means thread-like, or fibrous
What is fibrin/o
400
This suffix means too few or abnormal decrease
What is -penia
400
This suffix means protein
What is -globulin
400
The combining form lymphangi/o means this
What is lymph vessel
500
Surgical fixation of the pleura
What is pleuropexy
500
The suffix -cytosis means this:
What is more than the normal number of cells
500
The meaning of the suffix -stasis is this
What is standing still
500
This combining form means spleen
What is splen/o
500
This combining form represents the gland that is located in the upper portion of the mediastinum, and changes lymphocytes to T cells, which is important to the immune response