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blast/o means immature or embryonic carcin/o means cancer cervic/o means neck -cide means causing death -genesis means reproduction immun/o means protected -lytic means to destroy neo- means new or strange -oma also means tumor onc/o means tumor phag/o means to eat or swallow -plasm means formation sarc/o means flesh splen/o means spleen -tic means pertaining to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome also known as AIDS, describes the advanced stages of HIV infection allergen an antigen that is capable of inducing an allergic repsonse anaphylaxis a severe response to a foreign substance such as a drug, food, insect venom, or chemical; without apporopriate care, the patients may die within minutes antibody also known as Ab, is a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of that specific antigen antigen also known as Ag, is any substance such as a virus, bacterium, or toxin that the body regards as foreign; stimulate an immune response antiviral used to treat viral infections or to provide temporary immunity aspergillosis an infection caused by a fungus of the genus aspergillus; may cause inflammation and lesions on or in any organ autoimmune disorder a condition in which the immune system misreads normal antigens and creates antibodies and directs t cells against the body's own tissues; appear to be genetically transmitted and they affect most body systems axillary lymph nodes lymph nodes located under the arms bacilli rod-shaped spore-forming bacteria; tetanus and tuberculosis bacteria a group of one-celled microscopic organisms bactericide a substance that causes the death of bacteria bacteriostatic an agent that inhibits, slows, or retards the growth of bacteria brachytherapy the use of radioactive materials in contact with, or implanted into, the tissues to be treated carcinoma also known as CA, is a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue cervical lymph nodes lymph nodes located in the neck complement a complex series of proteins that circulate in normal serum; they are activated on contact with an antigen and aid the antibodies by puncturing the cell membrane of the antigen cytomegalovirus also known as CMV, is an infection caused by a group of large herpes-type viruses with a wide variety of disease effects cytotoxic kills or damages cells; used as an immunosuppressant and as an antineoplastic ductal carcinoma in situ DELISA also known as DCIS, is breast cancer at its earliest stage (stage 0) before the cancer has broken through the wall of the duct herpes zoster also known as shingles or HZ, is an acute viral infection characterized by painful skin eruptions that follow the underlying route of the inflamed nerve hodgkin's disease also known as hodgkin's lymphoma or HL, is distinguished by the presence of reed-sternberg cells; are large cancerous lymphocytes that are identified by microscopic examination of a biopsy specimen taken from an enlarged lymph node human immunodeficiency virus also known as HIV, is a blood borne pathogen that invades and then progressively impairs or kills cells of the immune system immunodeficiency disorder a condition that occurs when one or more parts of the immune system are deficient or missing immunoglobulin also known as Ig, is a synonym for the term antibody; the five classes are IgM, IgG, IgA, IgE, and IgD immunologist a specialist in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the immune system immunosuppressant a drug that prevents or reduces the body's normal reactions to invasion by disease or by foreign tissues; used to prevents the rejection of donor tissue or to depress autoimmune disorders