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Chapter 13
Blood System
| Combining Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) |
| chrom/o | color (hypochromic) |
| coagul/o | clotting (anticoagulant) |
| cyt/o | cell (cytology) |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rossy (eosinophil) |
| erythr/o | red (erythroblast) |
| granul/o | granules (grancyte) |
| hem/o | blood (hemolysis) |
| hemat/o | blood (hematocrit) |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin (hemoglobinopathy) |
| is/o | same, equal (anisocytosis) |
| kary/o | nucleus (megakaryocyte) Platelets, actually blood cell fragments, are formed in bone marrow from giant cells with multilobed nuclei called megakaryocytes |
| leuk/o | white (leukopenia) |
| mon/o | one, single (monocyte) |
| morph/o | shape, form (morphology) |
| myel/o | bone marrow (myeloblast) |
| neutr/o | neutral (neither base nor acid) neutropenia (this term refers to neutrophils) |
| nucle/o | nucleus (polymorphonuclear) |
| phag/o | eat swallow (phagocyte) Neutrophils are phagocytes (phag/o means to eat or swallow) that accumulate at sites of infection, where they ingest and destroy bacteria. |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular (poikilocytosis) irregularity in the shape of red blood cells . Poikilocytosis occurs n certain types of anemia. |
| sider/o | iron (sideropenia) |
| spher/o | globe, round (spherocytosis) In this condition, the erythrocyte has a round shape, making the cell fragile and easily able to be destroyed. |
| thrombo/o | clot (thrombocytopenia) |