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Hematology Med Terms
NHTC 15 Hematology Medical Terms
Term | Meaning |
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agglutin | clumping, gluing |
bas/o | base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) |
chrom/o | color |
eosin/o | dawn |
erythr/o | red |
granul/o | granule |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
kary/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lymph | lymph |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
phag/o | swallowing, eating |
poikil/o | varied, irregular |
reticul/o | net, mesh |
sider/o | iron |
thromb/o | blood clot |
an- | without, not |
aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
hypo- | under, below |
mono- | one |
an- | without, not |
emia- | blood |
a | without, not |
plas | formation, growth |
tic | pertaining to |
thalass | sea |
emia | blood |
poly | many, much |
philia | attraction for |
agglutination | process by which cells clump |
basophil | type of blood cell that attracts alkaline dyes |
chromic | pertaining to color |
eosinophil | type of blood cell that attracts red dyes |
erythropoiesis | the formation of erythrocytes |
granualocyte | any granular blood cell |
hemophilia | group of hereditary bleeding disorders marked by deficiencies of blood-clotting proteins |
hematoma | localized mass of blood confined to an organ, tissue, or space; caused by a break in a blood vessel |