Question | Answer |
CA | Cancer |
CBC | Complete Blood Count |
C&S | Culture and sensitivity |
diff | differential |
ESR, SR, sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
HCT, Hct, crit | Hematocrit |
Hgb, Hb, HGB | hemoglobin count |
mono | mononucleosis |
PT, pro-time | prothrombin time |
RBC | Red blood cell, red blood cell count |
WBC | white blood cell, white blood cell count |
The formed elements of blood | erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets aka thrombocytes |
the liquid portion of blood | plasma |
the liquid portion of blood after clotting | serum |
a- | prefix: without |
an- | prefix: without, no, lack of |
anti- | prefix: against |
de- | prefix: away from, down from, remove, reverse |
extra- | prefix: above; more than normal, in excess |
hyper- | prefix: above, more than normal, in excess |
inter- | prefix: between |
intra- | prefix: within, in |
mono- | prefix: one |
poly- | prefix: many |
pan- | prefix: all |
-al | suffix adj: pertaining to |
-ar | suffix adj: pertaining to |
-ary | suffix, adj: pertaining to |
-ation | suffix, noun: action, state, condition |
-cyte | suffix, noun: cell |
-emia | suffix, noun: blood condition |
-gen
-genesis | suffix: to produce, origin |
-gram | suffix: record, image, graph |
-graph | suffix: machine that records or creates an image or graph |
-graphy | suffix: the process of using an instrument to create a record, image or graph |
-ia | suffix, noun: condition |
-itis | suffix: inflammation |
-logic | suffix: pertaining to the study or science of |
-logist | suffix: one who studies or specializes in |
-logy | suffix: the study of |
-lysis | suffix: desolving, loosening, breaking down, decomposition |
-oid | suffix: resembling, like |
-oma | suffix: tumor, mass, growth |
-osis (in reference to blood) | suffix: increase, more than normal |
-ous | suffix, adj: possessing, full of |
-pathy | suffix: disease |
-penia | suffix: less than normal |
-phagia
-phage | suffix: to eat, swallow
suffix: noun, a thing that devours |
-phylaxis | suffix: protection |
-plasty
-plastic | suffix: surgical repair
suffix: pertaining to surgical repair |
-poiesis | suffix: production |
-phil | suffix: attraction to |
-rrhage | suffix: excessive flow;rupture |
-stasis | suffix: stopping; controlling |
-therapy | suffix: treatment |
-tomy | suffix: to cut into, incise |
-toxic | suffix: pertaining to poison |
-um (singular) | suffix: -a (plural) |
-us (singular) | suffix: -i (plural) |
agglutin/o | clumping |
angi/o | vessel |
anis/o | unequal |
bas/o | chemical base |
chrom/o | color |
cyt/o
cellul/o | cell |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
immun/o | safe, immune |
coagul/o | clot |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph |
hidro/o | sweat |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
macr/o | large |
micr/o | small |
path/o | disease |
phag/o | to eat; swallow |
poikil/o | irregular |
hydr/o | water |
morph/o | shape |
spher/o | round |
thromb/o | blood clot |
agglutination | clumping |
anaphylaxis | extreme allergic reaction |
anemia | a condition of reduced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red cells in the blood |
anticoagulant | drug that helps to prevent blood clotting |
coagulant | drug that helps blood clot |
dehydration | loss of water |
hemoglobin | blood protein that carries oxygen |
anisocytosis | abnormal condition of unequal sized cells |
hemoblast | immature red blood cell |
hemolysis
hemolytic | 1. destruction of blood
2. agent that destroys blood |
hemorrhage | excessive uncontrolled bleeding |
hidrosis | abnormal condition of excessive sweating |
erythrocyte | red blood cell |
erythrocytosis | abnormal increase in red blood cell production |
erythrocytopenia
erythropenia | abnormal decrease in red blood cells |
erythropoiesis | red blood cell production |
extracellular | pertaining to outside a cell |
hemocyte | blood cell |
hemoglobinopathy | disease of the blood where the hemoglobin is misshapen. |
hematocrit | test for determining the percentage of red blood cells, white blood cell & platelets to plasma within a volume of blood |
hematology | the study blood and its diseases |
hematologist | specialist in the study of blood and its diseases |
hematopoiesis
hematopoietic
hematogenesis | production of blood |
immunogen | substance or cell the creates an immune response in the body |
immune | protected against |
immunity | having protection against |
immunization
immunotherapy
vaccination | a shot or vaccination that creates an immune response to produce immunity |
immunology | the study of the immune system |
immunological | pertaining to the immune system |
homeostasis | relative constancy in the internal environment of the body |
hydrocephalus | accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the vessels and ventricles of the brain |
hydrochromia | decrease in the color of red blood cells |
interstitial | pertaining to the spaces between cells and tissue |
intracellular | within a cell |
leukemia | cancer of the bone marrow which prevents normal production of blood elements causing anemia |
leukocytosis | abnormal increase in white blood cell production |
leukocytopenia
leukopenia | abnormal decrease in white blood cell production |
lymph | body fluid containing white blood cells |
hyperchromia | excessive color of red blood cells |
morphology | branch of medicine dealing with structures of organisms |
mucus | fluid produced by the epithelial membranes to protect and aid in movement |
mucous | pertaining to mucus |
pancytopenia | a decrease in all formed elements of blood |
lymphocyte | type of white blood cell |
sanguineous | containing blood; pertaining to blood |
lymphopoiesis | production of lymphocytes |
macrocyte | abnormal increase in size of cells |
macrophage | a large white blood cell that eats/engulfs pathogens and other blood debris |
microcyte | abnormally small cells |
thrombocytopenia
thrombopenia | reduction of clotting factors in blood |
pathogen | disease producing |
phagocyte | a cell that eats other cells and debris |
poikilocytosis | abnormal condition of irregularly shaped cells |
prophylaxis | the preventing of disease |
sepsis | invasion of the body by pathogens or their toxins |
thrombus | a blood clot |
thrombocyte | blood clotting component of the blood |
thrombolytic | pertaining to an agent that destroys blood clots |
thrombogenesis | the production of blood clots |
mononucleosis | the presence of a large number of monocytes or leukocytes in the blood |