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Blue Mod Terminology
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| bas/o | base |
| 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 | blood |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph glade (node) |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| micr/o | small |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| mut/a | genetic change |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neutr/o | neutral, neither |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| phleb/o | vein |
| 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 |