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Chap 13 Med term
Chaber, The Language of Medicine Chap 13 CF, Suf & Pre.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) |
| 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, spinal cord |
| neutr/o | neutral (neither base nor acid) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic |
| -cytosis | abnormal conditions of cells increase in cells) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| blobin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -plasia | development, formation; growth |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| anti- | against |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large |
| micro | small |
| mono- | one, self |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many; much |