Medical Terminology Simplified

SECTION REVIEW 5-3

For the following medical terms, first write the suffix and its meaning. Then translate the meaning of the
remaining elements starting with the first part of the word. The first word is an example that is completed for you.

Term Meaning

1. agglutin/ation -ation: process (of); clumping, gluing


2. thym/oma


3. phag/o/cyte


4. lymphaden/itis


5. splen/o/megaly


6. aden/o/pathy


7. ana/phylaxis


8. lymphangi/oma


9. lymph/o/poiesis


10. immun/o/gen

Competency Verification:Check your answers in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 575. If you are not satisfied with
your level of comprehension, review the vocabulary and retake the review.

Correct Answers × 10 = % Score

Lymphatic Structures

5–113 Similar to blood capillaries, (1) lymph capillariesare thin-walled tubes

that carry lymph from the tissue spaces to larger (2) lymph vessels.Label these struc-

tures in Figure 5–10.

5–114 Lymph/oma is a malignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymph tissue. Two

main kinds of lymphomas are Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These

disorders are covered in the pathology section of this chapter.

Use lymph/oto build terms that mean

tumor composed of lymph tissue:____________________ / __________

cell present in lymph tissue:____________________ / _____ / __________

formation or production of lymph:

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

Frame 5–113to Frame 5–114

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lymph/oma

lĭm-FŌ-mă

lymph/o/cyte

LĬM-fō-sīt

lymph/o/poiesis

lĭm-fō-poy-Ē-sĭs