SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapters 13 &14 & Abbreviations
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| ABO | three main blood groups
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| bld. | blood
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| CBC | complete blood count
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| ESR; sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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| Hb; Hgb | hemoglobin
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| Hct | hematcrit
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| H&H | hemoglobin & hematocrit
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| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin
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| MCHC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
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| MCV | mean corpuscular volume
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| PT | prothrombin time
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| PTT | partial thromoplastin time
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| RBC | red blood cell count
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| WBC | white blood cell count
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| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbert assay
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| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus
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| HSV | herpes simplex virus
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| KS | kaposi sarcoma
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| NK | natural killer cells
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| PCP | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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| T4 | helper T cell lymphocyte
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| T8 | cytotoxic or killer T cell lymphocyte
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| bas/o | base
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| chrom/o | color
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| coagul/o | clotting
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| cyt/o | cell
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| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy
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| erythr/o | red
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| granul/o | granules
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| hem/o | blood
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin
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| is/o | same, equal
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| kary/o | nucleas
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| leuk/o | white
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| mon/o | one, single
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| morph/o | shape, form
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| myel/o | bone marrow
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| neutr/o | neutral (neither base nor acid)
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| nucle/o | nuclear
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| phag/o | eat, swallow
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| poikil/o | varied, irregular
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| sider/o | iron
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| spher/o | globe, round
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| thromb/o | clot
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| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away
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| -blast | immature cell, embryonic
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| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -globin | protein
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| -globulin | protein
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| -lytic | pertaining to destruction
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| -oid | derived from
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -phage | eat, swallow
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| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
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| -phoresis | carrying, transmission
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -stasis | stop, control
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| immun/o | protection
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| lymph/o | lymph
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| lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland)
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| splen/o | spleen
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| thym/o | thymus gland
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| tox/o | poison
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| ana- | again, anew
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| -inter | between
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| Basophil | leukocyte whose granules have an affinity for basic dye; releases histamine and heparin
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| hypochromic | pertaining to reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells
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| anticoagulant | a substance that prevents clotting
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| coagulopathy | disease condition effecting clotting
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| cytology | study of cells
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| eosinophil | white blood cells with granules that have an affinity for acid dyes
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| erythrocytopenia | deficiency in numbers of red blood cells
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| granulocyte | white blood cells with large-dark staining granules
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| hemolysis | destruction of red blood cells
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| hematocrit | separation of blood so that the percentage of red blood cells in relation to the volume of a blood sample is measured
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| hemoglobinopathy | disease of hemoglobin
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| anisocytosis | variation in size of red blood cells
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| megakaryocyte | cell with large nucleas forerunner (precursor) of platelets formed in bone marrow
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| leukocytopenia | deficiency of white blood cells
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| monocyte | white blood cell with one large nucleas
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| morphology | study of the shape or form (of cells)
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| myeloblast | immature bone marrow cell
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| myelogenous | produced by the bone marrow
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| neutropenia | decrease in white blood cells is chiefly in neutrophils
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| mononuclear | having only on nucleas
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| polymorphonuclear | PMN; pertaining to a white blood cell with a multi-lobed nucleas
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| phagocyte | cell that eats or swallows other cells
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| poikilocytosis | irregularity in shape of red blood cells
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| sideropenia | deficiency of iron in the serum
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| spherocytosis | abnormal condition of spheriod shaped red blood cells
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| thrombocytopenia | persistant decrease in the number of blood platelets (hemorraging)
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| plasmapheresis | separating plasma from whole blood
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| leukopheresis | white blood cells are separated from blood
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| plateletpheresis | separation of platelets from the rest of the blood
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| monoblast | immature monocyte
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| erythroblast | immature red blood cells
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| macrocytosis | increase in numbers of large red blood cells
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| microcytosis | increase in number of small red blood cells
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| leukemia | increase in cancerous white blood cells
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| hemoglobin | blood protein found in red blood cells
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| immunoglobulin | antibodies
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| thrombolytic therapy | pertaining to the destruction of clots
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| myeloid | derived from relating or resembling bone marrow
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| thrombosis | formation of a blood clot in the vessel
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| granulocytopenia | deficiency of blood granulocytes
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| pancytopenia | deficiency in all blood cells
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| macrophage | large phagocytes formed from monocytes and found in tissues
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| eosinophilia | increase in numbers of granulocytes seen in allergic conditions
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| neutrophilia | increase in white blood cells chiefly in the neutrophils
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| hematopoiesis | formation of blood
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| erythropoiesis | formation of red blood cells
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| myelopoiesis | formation of bone marrow cells
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| hemostasis | controlling or stopping the flow of blood
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| autoimmune disease | chronic, disabling diseases caused by abnormal production of antibodies to normal tissue
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| immunoglobulin | antibodies that are secreted by plasma cells in humoral immunity
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| immunosuppression | stop immune response
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| lymphopoiesis | formation of lymph
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| lymphedema | swelling of tissues due to interstital fluid accumulation
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| lymphocytopenia | deficiency of lymph cells increase in the number of lymphocytes
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| lymphocytosis | increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood usually associated with chronic infections or inflammations
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| lymphoid | derived from lymph tissue
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| lymphadenopathy | disease of lymph glands (nodes)
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| lymphadenitis | inflammation of lymph glands
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| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen
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| splenectomy | removal of the spleen
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| hypersplenism | syndrome marked by enlargement of the spleen and associated with anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia
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| thymoma | tumor of the thymus gland
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| thymectomy | removal of a mediastinal organ
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| toxic | pertaining to poison
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| anaphylaxis | hyper sensitivity reaction
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| interstital fluid | fluid that lies between cell throughout the body
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