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Med Term Ch 13
Chapter 13 Med Term (Blood System)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bas/o | base/alkaline |
| Chrom/o | color |
| Coagul/o | clotting |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Eosin/o | red; dawn; rosy |
| Erythr/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; a carrying away |
| -blast | immature cell; embryonic |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells; increase in cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | giving rise to; producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived or originating from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop; control |