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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium (upper chamber of heart) |
| bas/o | base (alkaline -- opposite of acid) |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol (a lipid substance) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| coron/o | heart |
| electr/o | electricity |
| eosin/o | red, dawny, rosy |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| immun/o | protection |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node (lymph gland) |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| neut/o | neutral or neutrophil |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pericardi/o | pericardium |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| seps/o | infection |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| sphygmo/o | pulse |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| steth/o | chest |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| valv/o | valve |
| -apheresis | removal, carrying away |
| -cocci | plural of -coccus |
| -coccus | berry -shaped bacterium |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | resembling, derived from |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -philia | attraction for (also an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -poeisis | formation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -duct | to lead, carry |
| ana- | again, anew |
| brady- | slow |
| pan- | all |
| tachy- | fast |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |