Medical Terminology The Immune system Medical Terminology Combining

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 antiagainst neonew 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