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Anatomy
Blood/Lymphatic Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| chrom/o | color |
| eosin/o | dawn (rose colored) |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granule |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | safe, immunity |
| kary/o nucle/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o leuc/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| morph/o | shape |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lymphaden/o | lymph nodes |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| reticul/o | net, mesh |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| spher/o | sphere |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| agranul/o | without granules |
| granul/o | with granules |
| is/o | equal |
| bas/o | basic, base |
| thrombocyt/o | platelet |
| -blast | embryonic cell - |
| -globin | protein |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition, abnormal increase |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phil | attraction to |
| -phoresis | borne, carried |
| -cytosis | slight increase in number of cells |
| -stitial | pertaining to a place |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| a- | without, not |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| iso- | same |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many, much |