1. Medical Terminology
The Immune system

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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