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HSII Chpt. 6 MT
Chapter 6: Hematology & Immunology (All terms)
| acr/o- | extremity |
| aden/o- | gland |
| agglutin/o- | clumping; sticking |
| aggreg/o- | crowding together |
| all/o- | other; strange |
| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| anis/o- | unequal |
| apher/o- | withdrawal |
| aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in |
| attenu/o- | weakened |
| aut/o- | self |
| bas/o- | base of a thing; basic (alkaline) |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| calc/o- | calcium |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| chrom/o- | color |
| coagul/o- | clotting |
| compromise/o- | exposed to danger |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| defici/o- | lacking; inadequate |
| different/o- | being distinct; different |
| dissect/o- | to cut apart |
| dissemin/o- | widely scattered throughout the body |
| donat/o- | give as a gift |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| embol/o- | embolus (occluding plug) |
| eosin/o- | eosin (red acidic dye) |
| erythr/o- | red |
| excis/o- | to cut out |
| ferrit/o- , ferr/o- | iron |
| fibrin/o- | fibrin |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| fus/o- | pouring |
| gene/o- | gene |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| glob/o- | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
| globul/o- | shaped like a globe |
| granul/o- | granule |
| hemat/o- | blood |
| hem/o- | blood |
| heter/o- | other |
| idi/o- | unknown; individual |
| immun/o- | immune response |
| inhibit/o- | block; hold back |
| kary/o- | nucleus |
| leuk/o- | white |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| lymph/o- | lymph; lymphatic system |
| ly/o- | break down; destroy |
| macr/o- , meg/a- , megal/o- | large |
| micr/o- | one millionth; small |
| mon/o- | one; single |
| morph/o- | shape |
| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| neutr/o- | not taking part |
| norm/o- | normal; usual |
| nucle/o- | nucleus (of a cell) |
| opportun/o- | well timed; taking advantage of an opportunity |
| ox/y- | oxygen; quick |
| path/o- | disease; suffering |
| peripher/o- | outer aspects |
| phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
| phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| phor/o- | to bear; to carry; range |
| plasm/o- | plasma |
| plast/o- | growth; formation |
| poikil/o- | irregular |
| prote/o- | protein |
| punct/o- | hole; perforation |
| reticul/o- | small network |
| retr/o- | behind; backward |
| septic/o- | infection |
| son/o- | sound |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| suppres/o- | press down |
| thromb/o- | thrombus (blood clot) |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
| tox/o- | poison |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| vaccin/o- | giving a vaccine |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| ven/i- | vein |
| vir/o- | virus |
| -al, -ant, -ar, -ed, -iac, -ial, -ic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ated | pertaining to a condition; composed of |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -body | a structure or thing |
| -crasia | a mixing |
| -crit | separation of |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | condition of the blood; substance in the blood |
| -emic | pertaining to a condition of the blood or a substance in the blood |
| -ency | condition of being |
| -esis | a process |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -immune | immune response |
| -in | a substance |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ization | process of making; creating, or inserting |
| -kine | movement |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | process of breaking down or destroying |
| -lyte | dissolved substance |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -or | person or thing that produces or does |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -penia | condition of deficiency |
| -phage | thing that eats |
| -phil | attraction to; fondness for |
| -poiesis | condition of formation |
| -poietin | a substance that forms |
| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge |
| -sin | a substance |
| -stasis | condition of standing still; staying in one place |
| -steroid | steroid |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -ure | system; result of |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
| endo- | innermost; within |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| poly- | many; much |
| albumin | plasma proteins too large to pass through the wall of a blood vessel |
| antigen | any substance (as an immunogen) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response |
| complement | a group of nine proteins that activate each other |
| ecchymoses | hemorrhages larger than petechiae |
| embolus | a thrombus (blood clot) that has broken free and travels through the circulatory system |
| histamine | a substance which dilates blood vessels and increases blood flow |
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma | the most common type of lymphoma |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| index (plural: indices) | a ratio or other number derived from a series of observations and used as an indicator or measure |
| interferon | immune response chemicals which stimulates production of an antiviral substance |
| lymph | a clear, watery, sometimes faintly yellowish fluid derived from body tissues that contains white blood cells and circulates throughout the lymphatic system, returning to the venous bloodstream through the thoracic duct. |
| mean | something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium. |
| node | a discrete mass of one kind of tissue enclosed in tissue of a different kind |
| nucleoside | encapsulated structures that are round, oval or bean shaped |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive |
| petechiae | small, pinpoint hemorrhages |
| plasma | a clear straw-colored liquid that makes up 55% of the blood |
| plasminogen | a cell fragment active in the blood clotting process |
| platelet | (also thrombocyte) A minute, irregularly shaped, cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin |
| purpura | any of several hemorrhagic states characterized by patches of purplish discoloration resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin and mucous membranes |
| serum | the fluid portion of plasma that remains when clotting factors in plasma form a blood clot |
| spleen | a rounded lymphoid organ, located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen |
| stasis | a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid |
| thalassemia | inherited genetic abnormality that affects the synthesis of the globin in hemoglobin |
| thrombus (pl. thrombi) | blood clot |
| thymus | a lymphoid organ with a pink color and a grainy consistency |
| transcriptase | A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription. |
| vaccine | a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease |