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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |