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Med Express L.6
Medical Terminology Express Self-made Ch. 6
Term | Definition |
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red blood cell | erythr/o/cyte |
cells that are white | leuk/o/cyte |
embel/o | embolus |
What is an embolus? | a blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object that has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel and cause an embolism. |
agglutin/o- | clumping, gluing |
fear of blood | hem/o/phobia |
large blood cell | macr/o/cyte |
formation/production of blood | hemat/o/poiesis |
standing still of blood | hem/o/stasis |
CBC | complete blood count |
MI | myocaridal infarction/heart attack |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
pexy- | fixation |
splen/o | spleen |
thym/o- | thymus |
cell that swallows or eats | phag/o/cyte |
tumor composed of blood | hemat/oma |