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Chapter 8
Blood and Lymphatic System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| blast/o (also a suffix, -blast) | germ or bud |
| chrom/o, chromat/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 |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase (enzyme) |
| AST | aspirate aminotransferase (enzyme) |
| BMP | basic metabolic panel |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CD | cluster or differentiation |
| CMP | comprehensive metabolic panel |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| HCT or Hct | hematocrit |
| HGB or Hgb | hemoglobin |
| MCH | mean corpuscular (cell) hemoglobin |
| MCHC | men corpuscular (cell) hemoglobin concentration |
| MCV | mean corpuscular (cell) volume |
| NK | natural killer (cell) |
| PLT | platelet count |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear (leukocyte) |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RRR | relative risk reduction, regular rate and rhythm |
| RTO | return to office |