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C6 Word Parts - H&I
Major Word Parts - Hematology and Immunology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hemat/o- | Blood |
| -logy | study of |
| -poiesis | process of formation |
| erythr/o- | red |
| -cyte | cell |
| -blast | immature cell |
| reticul/o- | small network |
| hem/o- | blood |
| glob/o- | comprehensive; shaped like a globe |
| -in | substance |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| bil/i- | bile |
| rub/o- | red |
| thromb/o- | blood clot |
| mega- | large |
| kary/o- | nucleus of a cell |
| aggreg/o- | group crowded together |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| -gen | that which produces |
| pro- | before |
| plast/o- | formation; growth |
| coagul/o- | clotting |
| -ation | being;having;process |
| -stasis | staying still; staying in one place |
| norm/o- | normal/usual |
| chrom/o- | color |
| micro- | small |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| trans- | across;through |
| fus/o- | pouring |
| -ion | action/condition |
| -lysis | process to break down/destroy |
| inmmun/o- | immune response |
| defici/o- | inadequate;lacking |
| -ency | condition of being/having |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| mon/o- | one;single |
| nucle/o- | nucleus of atom/cell |
| -osis | abnormal condition; process |
| -pathy | disease |
| phil/o- | attraction/fondness to |
| -ia | condition;state;thing |
| lymph/o- | lymph; lymphatic system |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| thym/o- | rage/thymus |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| allerg/o- | allergy |
| hyper- | above; more than normal |
| sensitiv/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
| -ity | condition; state |
| -gen | that which produces |
| loc/o- | one place |
| system/o- | body as a whole |
| ana- | apart/excessive |
| phylact/o- | guarding/protecting |
| phag/o- | eating/swallowing |
| aden/o- | gland |
| -oma | mass/tumor |
| aut/o- | self |
| -crit | separation of |
| angi/o- | lymph or blood vessel |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | picture; record |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| -tomy | process of cutting; making an incision |
| aspir/o- | breathe in/ suck in |
| -rrhage | excessive discharge or flow |
| pan- | all |
| -penia | condition of deficiency |
| septic/o- | infection |
| an- | not |