Medical Terminology The Immune system

Medical Terminology Combining form/word root Meaning 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

Medical Terminology Combining form/word root Meaning anti- against neo- new sarc/o flesh (connective tissue) -pathy disease -edema swelling -cyte cell kines/o movement mast/o breast

Medical Terminology Combining form/word root Meaning -stasis to stop oste/o bone phag/o eat; swallow -megaly enlargement -coccus berry-shaped bacterium strept/o twisted chains -plastic pertaining to formation

Medical Terminology 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

Medical Terminology 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

Medical Terminology 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

Medical Terminology 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