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Question | Answer |
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aden/o | gland |
agglutin/o | clumping; gluing |
bas/o | base (opposite of alkaline) |
blast/o | embryonic cell |
chromat/o | colour |
chrom/o | colour |
cyt/o | cell |
electr/o | electricity |
eosin/o | dawn (rose-coloured) |
erythem/o | red |
erythemat/o | red |
erythr/o | red |
gen/o | forming; producing; origin |
granul/o | granule |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | bloodd |
immun/o | immunity; immune; safe |
kary/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
micr/o | small |
morph/o | form; structure; shape |
mut/a | genetic change |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
neutr/o | neutral; neither |
nucle/o | nucleus |
phag/o | swallowing; eating |
phleb/o | vein |
phil/o | attraction for |
plas/o | formation; growth |
poikil/o | varied; irregular |
reticul/o | net; mesh |
rube/o | red |
ser/o | serum |
sider/o | iron |
splen/o | spleen |
thromb/o | blood clot |
thym/o | thymus gland |
tox/o | poison |
toxic/o | poison |
vol/o | glassy |
xen/o | foreign; strange |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ation | process (of) |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-cyte | cell |
-edema | swelling |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming; production |
-genesis | forming; production |
-globin | protein |
-graft | transplantation |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ine | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | loosening; destruction |
-oid | resmebling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease; deficiency |
-phage | swallowing; eating |
-phagia | swallowing; eating |
-phil | attraction for |
-philia | attraction for |
-phobia | fear |
-phoresis | carrying; transmission |
-phylaxis | protection |
-plasia | formation; growth |
-plasm | formation; growth |
-poiesis | forming; production |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-stasis | standing still |
-tic | pertaining to |
-toxic | pertaining to poison |
a-, an- | without, not |
allo- | other |
ana- | against; back |
aniso- | unequal |
auto- | self; own |
hypo- | under; deficient |
im- | not |
iso- | same; equal |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
poly- | many; much |
A, B, AB, O | blood types in ABO blood group |
AB, Ab, ab | antibody |
AIDS | auto-immune deficiency syndrome |
ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
ANA | antinuclear antibody |
APC | antigen-presenting cell |
APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
baso | basophil |
BMT | bone marrow transplant |
CBC | complete blood count |
CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
diff | differential count |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
eos | eosinophil |
ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
GVHD | graft versus host disease |
GVHR | graft versus host reaction |
hb, hbg | hemoglobin |
HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
HIV | human immunodeficient virus |
lgs | immunoglobulins |
lymphos | lymphocytes |
MNL | mononuclear leukocytes |
NK cell | natural killer cell |
PA | pernicious anemia |
PCP | pneumocytis pneumonia |
PCV | packed cell volume |
PMN | plymorphonuclear |
PMNL | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
PT | prothrombin time |
PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
RBC | red blood cell |
segs | segmented neutrophils |
SLE | systemic lupus eruthematosus |
WBC | white blood cell |