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Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| agglutino | clumping, gluing |
| baso | base |
| blasto | embryonic cell |
| chromato | colour |
| chromo | colour |
| cyto | cell |
| electro | electricity |
| eosino | dawn |
| erythemo | red |
| erythemato | red |
| erythro | red |
| geno | forming, producing, origin |
| granulo | granule |
| hemo | blood |
| hemato | blood |
| immuno | immune, immunity, safe |
| karyo | nucleus |
| leuko | white |
| lympho | lymph |
| lymphadeno | lymph gland |
| lymphangio | lymph vessel |
| micro | small |
| morpho | form, shape, structure |
| muta | genetic change |
| myelo | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neutro | neutral, neither |
| nucleo | nucleus |
| phago | swallowing, eating |
| phlebo | vein |
| philo | attraction for |
| plaso | formation, growth |
| poikilo | varied, irregular |
| reticulo | net, mesh |
| rubeo | red |
| sero | serum |
| suderi | iron |
| spleno | spleen |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| thymo | thymus gland |
| toxo | poison |
| toxico | poison |
| volo | volume |
| xeno | foreign, strange |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ation | process |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -globin | protein |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -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 | carrying, transmission |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -toxic | poison |
| an- | without |
| allo- | other, differing from the normal |
| ana- | against, up, 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 |