Prefixes
This prefix means together or with:
What is Con-?
This suffix means to stop:
what is -suppression?
kary/o
What is nucleus?
This word means the process of a cell engulfing or eat a diseased cell or pathogen:
What is phagocytosis?
Cytotoxic
What is poisonous/damaging to cells?
This prefix means on, over, or upon:
What is Epi-?
eat, swallow, engulf
what is phag/o?
This word refers to the enlargement of the spleen:
What is splenomegaly?
What is a drug therapy that suppresses (stops), or prevents, the immune system from responding to antigens?
This prefix means large:
What is Macro- or Mega-?
This suffix means to separate by spinning:
What is -fuge?
white
what is leuk/o?
This word means a disease or swelling of the lymph glands/nodes:
What is lymphadenopathy?
Mononucleosis
What is the process or abnormal condition of one nucleus, marked by an increased number of atypical lymphocytes and monocytes (both of which have one nucleus)?
This prefix means one or single:
What is mono-?
This suffix means pertaining to a blood condition:
What is -emic?
lymphaden/o
what is lymph node?
This word refers to a white blood cell that operates within the lymphatic system?
What is a lymphocyte?
Lymphoma
What is a malignant cancer of the lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue?
This prefix means change or beyond:
What is meta-?
This suffix refers to carbon dioxide:
what is -capnia?
bone marrow or spinal cord
what is myel/o
This word means the urgical removal of one or more lymph nodes:
What is Lymphadenectomy?
Lymphadenopathy
What is any disease process affecting the lymph nodes?