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Chapter 8
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blast/o | Germ or bud |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| Chyl/o | Juice |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |
| Immun/o | Immune, Resistant |
| Lymph/o | Clear fluid |
| Morph/o | Form |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow or spinal cord |
| Phag/o | Eat or Swallow |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Reticul/o | A net |
| Splen/o | Spleen |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Thym/o | Thymus |
| Red Blood Cells | RBC |
| Hemoglobin | Protein-iron compound in RBCs |
| Erythrocytes | Red blood cells |
| Platelets | Cell fragments essential for blood clotting |
| Leukocytes | White Blood Cells |
| Immunity | Process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen |
| Antigen | Substance that when introduced into the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it |
| Antibody | Substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates an antigen that has entered the body |
| Hematocrit | HCT or Hct |
| Active immunity | Long-lasting immunity that results from stimulating the body to produce its own antibodies |
| Natural Immunity | Developed in response to an infection |
| Artificial immunity | Developed in response to the administration of a vaccine |
| Passive immunity | Short lasting immunity that results from foreign antibodies that are conveyed naturally or artificially |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | AIDS |
| Basic metabolic panel | BMP |