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Hematology Med Terms
NHTC 15 Hematology Medical Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |