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Hematology vocab
prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/an- | lack, without, absent, decrease |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| cyt- | cell |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult, bad |
| erythro- | red |
| ferr- | iron |
| hemo/hemato- | blood |
| hypo- | decresed, deficient |
| hyper- | increased, extreme |
| iso- | equal, same |
| leuko- | white |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large, giant |
| meta- | after, change |
| micro- | small |
| myelo- | from bone marrow, spinal cord |
| pan- | all, overall, all-inclusive |
| phleb- | vein |
| phag- | eat, ingest |
| poikilo- | varied, irregular |
| poly- | many |
| schis- | split |
| scler- | hard |
| splen- | spleen |
| thrombo- | clot, thrombus |
| xanth- | yellow |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | destruction or dissolving |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opathy | disease |
| -osis | abnormal increase |
| -penia | decreased, deficiency |
| -philic | attracted to, afinity for |
| -plasia (plastic) | cell production or repair |
| -poiesis | cell production, formation, development |
| -poietin | stimulates production |