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Lymph and Blood term
Review of terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| 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 |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat,swallow |
| poikil/o | varied,irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe,round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat,swallow |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -stasis | stop,control |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| BMT | bone marrow transplantation |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr Virus |
| eos | eosinophils |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| Fe | Iron |
| Hct | Hematocrit |
| Hgb, HGB | Hemoglobin |
| H and H | Hemoglobin and hematocrit |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RBC | Red blood cell |
| sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| immun/o | protection |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphadeno/o | lymph node |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| ana- | again,anew |
| inter- | between |
| -poiesis | formation |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| NHL | non-Hodgkins lymphoma |
| NK | natural killer cells |