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Terminology
| 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-colored) |
| erythem/o | red |
| erythemato/o | red |
| erythr/o | red |
| gen/o | forming, producing, orgin |
| 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 gland (node) |
| 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 |
| pleb/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 | volume |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ation | process (of) |
| -blast | embroynic cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, orgin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, orgin |
| -globin | protein |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, loosening, destruction |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, definicency |
| -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 | formation, production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -toxic | poison |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| allo- | other, different from normal |
| ana- | against, back |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| auto- | self, own |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| im- | not |
| iso- | same, equal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many, much |
| A, B, AB, O | blood types in the ABO blood group |
| AB, Ab, ab | antibody |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ALL | acute lymphocytic luekemia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| baso | basophil (type of white blood cell) |
| 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 (type of white blood cell) |
| 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 immunodeficiency virus |
| Igs | immunoglobulins |
| lymphos | lymphocyte |
| MNL | mononuclear leukocyte |
| NK cell | natural killer cell |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| PCP | Pneumocystis pneumonia |
| PCV | packed cell volume |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear |
| PMNL, poly | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC, rbc | red blood cell |
| segs | segmented neutrophils |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| WBC, wbc | white blood cell |
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