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Chapter 8
Blood and Lymphatic
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| blast/o | germ or bud |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| chyl/o | juice |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | immune, resistant |
| lymph | 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 | a clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| chromatism | condition of abnormal pigmentation |
| serum | liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting |
| erythrocyte | transports oxygen and carbon dioxide: red blood cell |
| leukocyte | protects the body from harmful substances: white blood cell |
| platelets | cell fragments in the blood: essential for clotting |
| lymph | fluid circulated in lymph vessels |
| chyle | white or pale yellow substance: contains fat absorbed by lacteals |
| microcytosis | presence of small red blood cells |
| hypochromic | paler than normal |
| anisocytosis | presence of red blood cells of unequal size |
| erythropenia | abnormal reduced number of red blood cells |
| neutropenia | decreased number of of neutrophils |
| hemolysis | breakdown of red blood cell membrane |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |