Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune Systems: Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes

Question 1

antibody

Answer 1

protective protein produced in response to the presence of a specific foreign substance

Question 2

antigen

Answer 2

a substance, recognized as harmful to the host, that stimulates formation of antibodies

Question 3

aden/o

Answer 3

gland

Question 4

adenopathy

Answer 4

disease of a gland

Question 5

agglutin/o

Answer 5

clumping or gluing

Question 6

agglutination

Answer 6

process of clumping

clumping of blood that happens if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody

Question 7

blast/o

Answer 7

embryonic cell

Question 8

erythroblastosis

Answer 8

the abnormal presence of erythroblasts* in the circulating blood

*erythroblasts are normally found in the bone marrow only until they develop into mature erythrocytes during hematopoiesis

Question 9

chrom/o

Answer 9

color

Question 10

hypochromic

Answer 10

erythrocytes that appear lighter in color than normal because of a deficiency of hemoglobin

Question 11

erythr/o

Answer 11

red

Question 12

erythrocyte

Answer 12

red blood cell (RBC)

Question 13

granul/o

Answer 13

granule

Question 14

granulocyte

Answer 14

a cell that has granules

Question 15

hem/o

Answer 15

blood

Question 16

hemophobia

Answer 16

fear of blood

Question 17

hemat/o

Answer 17

blood

Question 18

hematoma

Answer 18

accumulation of blood under the skin

a mass of extravasated blood caused by a break or leak in a blood vessel

Question 19

immun/o

Answer 19

immune, immunity, safe

Question 20

immunology

Answer 20

study of autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, and immune deficiencies

Question 21

leuk/o

Answer 21

white

Question 22

leukemia

Answer 22

a group of blood cancers that causes a profoundly elevated white blood cell count and a very low red blood cell count

Question 23

lymph/o

Answer 23

lymph

Question 24

lymphoid

Answer 24

resembling the lymph

Question 25

lymphaden/o

Answer 25

lymph gland (node)

Question 26

lymphadenopathy

Answer 26

disease of the lymph nodes

Question 27

lymphangi/o

Answer 27

lymph vessel

Question 28

lymphangioma

Answer 28

tumor of the lymph vessels

Question 29

morph/o

Answer 29

form, shape, structure

Question 30

morphology

Answer 30

study of the shape and structure

Question 31

myel/o

Answer 31

bone marrow

Question 32

nucle/o

Answer 32

nucleus

Question 33

mononuclear

Answer 33

pertaining to one nucleus

Question 34

phag/o

Answer 34

swallowing, eating

Question 35

phagocyte

Answer 35

A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, **ingest foreign material**, and remove dead cells

Question 36

poikil/o

Answer 36

varied, irregular **shape**

Question 37

poikilocyte

Answer 37

an irregularly shaped red blood cell

Question 38

ser/o

Answer 38

serum (the liquid part of blood)

Question 39

serology

Answer 39

study of antigens and antibodies in serum

Question 40

sider/o

Answer 40

iron

Question 41

sideropenia

Answer 41

iron deficiency

Question 42

splen/o

Answer 42

spleen

Question 43

splenomegaly

Answer 43

enlargement of the spleen

Question 44

thromb/o

Answer 44

blood clot

Question 45

thrombosis

Answer 45

abnormal condition in which a blood clot develops in a vessel and obstructs it

Question 46

thym/o

Answer 46

thymus gland

Question 47

thymopathy

Answer 47

disease of the thymus gland

Question 48

—blast

Answer 48

embryonic cell

Question 49

hemocytoblast

Answer 49

a bone marrow cell capable of giving rise to all types of blood cells

Question 50

—globin

Answer 50

protein

Question 51

hemoglobin

Answer 51

an iron-containing protein found in red blood cells that transports oxygen and gives blood its red color

Question 52

—penia

Answer 52

decrease and deficiency

Question 53

monocytopenia

Answer 53

deficiency of monocytes

Question 54

—phil

Answer 54

attraction for

Question 55

neutrophil

Answer 55

a phagocytic white blood cell

Question 56

—phylaxis

Answer 56

protection

Question 57

anaphylaxis

Answer 57

without protection an exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen

Question 58

—poiesis

Answer 58

formation and production

Question 59

hemopoiesis

Answer 59

formation of blood cellular components

Question 60

—stasis

Answer 60

standing still

Question 61

hemostasis

Answer 61

control of bleeding, commonly using chemical agents

Question 62

aniso—

Answer 62

unequal, dissimilar, irregular size

Question 63

anisocytosis

Answer 63

abnormally large RBCs (macrocytes) or abnormally small RBCs (microcytes)