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LM - Chapter 13
Combining Forms
| English | Med Term |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erthyr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same, equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral (neither base or acid) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| -blast | immature, embryonic |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived from |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop, control |