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