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Chabner Chapter 13
The Blood
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base (alkaline) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same, equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | varried, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | immature or embryonic cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | given rise to; producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived, related to, or originating from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| coagulation | blood clotting |
| Rh factor | antigen on red blood cells. If present, blood type is +. If absent, blood type is -. |
| heparin | anticoagulant found in blood and tissue cells |
| anemia | a deficiency in erythrocytes or hemoglobin |
| hemophilia | excessive bleeding cause by hereditary lack of factors necessary for clotting |