Medical Terminology-Lymphatic & Immune System
Terms
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- lymph/o
- lymph fluid and vessels
- lymphaden/o
- lymph nodes
- tonsill/o, adeniod/o
- tonsils and adenoids
- splen/o
- spleen
- myel/o
- bone marrow
- lymph/o, -cyte
- lymphocytes
- thym/o
- thymus
- immun/o
- immune system
- hemat
- blood
- onc
- tumor
- ologist
- specialist
- lytic
- destroy
- lymphangi/o
- lymph vessel
- B cells or B lymphocytes
- makes antibodies against viruses or specific antigens
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Ig
Immunoglobin - Antibody
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T cells
T lymphocytes - coordinates immune defenses and kills invading organisms on contact
- Interferon (in-ter-FEAR-on)
- Produced by T cells. Causes noninfected cells to form an antiviral protein that stops or slows viral multiplication
- macrophage
- type of phagocyte, protects body by ingesting invading cells
- phagocyte
- WBC that eats and destroys cell waste, dust, pollen and pathogens
- Hypersensitivity
- Allergy
- allergen
- antigen capale of inducing an allergic response
- systemic allergic reaction
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anaphylaxis
(an-ah-fil-LACK-sis) - HIV
- human immunodeficienty virus
- AIDS
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- cytotoxic drug
- kills or damages cells
- antineoplastic
- blocks growth of neoplasms and is used to treat cancer
- Ca
- cancer
- pathogen
- microorganism that causes a disease
- bacteria
- one-celled organisms
- bacilli
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rod-shapted spore-forming bactieria
Ex:tetanus and tuberculosis - rickettsia
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small bacterium that live in lice, fleas, ticks and mites
Ex: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - spirochetes
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spiral-shaped bacteria that have flexible walls and are capable of movement
Ex: Lyme disease - staphylococci
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bacteria that form irregular clusters
Ex: endocarditis, pneumonia - streptococci
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bacteria that form a chain
Ex: strep throat - fungus
- parasitic plant that may cause inflammation and lesions on or in any organ
- yeast
- type of fungus that may cause infections usually localized in mouth or vagina
- parasite
- plant or animal that lives on or within another living organism at the expense of that organism
- viruses
- very small infectious agents that live only by invading living cells
- varicella or VZV
- chickenpox
- cytomegalovirus or CMV
- infection caused by a group of large herpes-type viruses with a wide variety of disease effects
- Herpes zoster or HZ
- shingles
- Infectious mononucleosis
- caused by Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by fever, sore throat and enlarged lymph nodes
- Mumps
- acute viral disease characterized by swelling of the parotid glands
- rabies
- acute viral infection that may be transmitted to humans by the blood, tissue or saliva or an infected animal
- Rubella (German measles)
- viral infection characterized by fever and a diffuse, fine, red rash. May cause congenital deformities if contracted in early pregnancy
- antibiotics
- chemical substance capable of inhibiting growth or killing pathogenic microorganisms
- bactericide
- substance that causes the death of bacteria
- bacteriostatic
- agent that inhibits, slows or retards growth of bacteria
- antiviral
- treats viral infections or provides temporary immunity
- onc-
- tumor
- neo-
- new
- neoplasm
- a new and abnormal tissue formation
- angiogenesis
- a tumor supporting its own growth by creating its own blood supply
- angio
- vessel
- genesis
- reproduction
- benign
- not recurring, nonmalignant and with a favorable chance of recovery
- myoma
- benign neoplasm made up of muscle tissue
- malignant
- harmful, tending to spread, becoming progressively worse and life-threatening
- carcinoma in situ (CIT)
- malignant tumor in its original position that has not yet disturbed or invaded surrounding tissue
- invasive malignancy
- grows and spreads into healthy adjacent tissue
- metastasize
- a verb that describes the process by which cancer spreads
- matastasis
- new cancer site that results from spreading process
- meta-
- beyond
- stasis
- stopping
- carcinoma (Ca)
- malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
- carcin-
- cancer
- -oma
- tumor
- sarcoma
- malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue
- sarc/o
- flesh
- osteosarcoma
- malignant tumor usually involving the upper shaft of long bones, the pelvis or knee
- myosarcoma
- soft tissue sarcoma arising from tissue such as fat, muscle and nerves
- Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)
- an opportunistic infection frequently associated with HIV
- lymphoma
- general term applied to malignancies that develop in the lymphatic system
- Hodgkin's Disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma or HL)
- distinguished by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. Large cancerous lymphocytes
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL)
- describes all lymphomas other than Hodgkin's lymphoma