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Suffixes & Prefixes
Blood and the Lymphatic and Immune Systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -apheresis | removal |
| -crit | separation of |
| -cytic | pertaining to cells |
| -cytosis | more than the normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal decrease |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -philia | condition of being attracted to |
| -philic | pertaining to being attracted to |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plastin | formation |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to abnormal flow |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| -crit | separation of |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytic | pertaining to cells |
| -cytosis | more than the normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | action |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -penia | too few |
| -philia | condition of being attracted to |
| -philic | pertaining to being attracted to |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -rrhage | abnormal flow |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to abnormal flow |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| contra- | against |
| dys- | abnormal |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | insufficient |
| mono- | one |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| trans- | across |