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Blood vessels&blood
Prefixes,suffixes,and combining forms flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel,blood vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| is/o | same,equal |
| isch/o | deficiency, blockage) |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymph tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node, lymph tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| mon/o | one, single |
| neutr/o | neutral; neither base nor acid |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| splen/o | spleen |
| ven/o | vein |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells) |