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chapter 10- blood
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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angi/o | vessel, blood vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
chrom/o | color |
coagul/o | clotting |
cyt/o | cell |
eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
erythr/o | red |
hemat/o | blood |
hem/o | blood |
is/o | same, equal |
isch/o | deficiency, blockage |
lymph/o | lymph, lymph tissue |
lymphaden/o | lymph node, lymph tissue |
leuk/o | white |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
mon/o | one, single |
neutr/o | neutral; neither base nor acid |
phag/o | eat, swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plasm/o | plasma |
poikil/o | varied, irregular |
therm/o | heat |
thromb/o | clot |
thym/o | thymus gland |
splen/o | spleen |
ven/o | vein |
-megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
-stenosis | narrowing, constriction |
-apheresis | removal |