Root Words
Tonsil
What is Tonsill/O
Self
What is Auto-
Eating or swallowing
What is -Phage
Decrease of leukocytes
What is Leukocytopenia
The Smallest Unit of a Language
What is a Morpheme
Spleen
What is Splen/O
Difficult, Bad
What is Dys-
Enlarged`
What is -Megaly
Surgical removal of the tonsils
What is Tonsillectomy
This unit of language cannot stand alone in a word
What is a Bound Morpheme
Lymph
What is Lymph/O
With; Together
What is Syn-
Tumor
What is -Oma
Tumor of the Thymus
What is Thymoma
White Blood Cell
What is a Leukocyte
Tumor; Mass
What is Onc/O
Toxin, Poison
Cell
What is -Cyte
Swelling the the arms or legs caused by blockage of the lymphatic system
What is Lymphedema
Composed of 90-90% of water
What is Lymph
Protected; Immune
What is Immun/O
Above; Upon
Pertaining to
What is -ia, -ic-, -in or -tic
Surgical removal of the appendix
Is made of Lymphocytes and Macrophages
What is a white blood cell