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TermFridayy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mono- | One |
| homo- | Same,alike |
| poly- | Many,Much |
| hetero- | Different |
| aniso- | Unequal |
| iso- | Equal |
| a-,an- | without |
| allo- | Other, Differing from normal |
| macro- | Large |
| home- | same |
| micro- | small |
| -blast | Embryonic cell |
| -poeisis | Formation,Production |
| -phil | Attraction for |
| -phylaxis | Protection |
| -phoresis | Carrying transmission |
| -stasis | Standing still |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -globin | Protein |
| -penia | Decrease, defiency |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -graft | Transplantation |
| aden/o | Gland |
| erythr/o | red |
| hemat/o | Blood |
| nucle/o | Nucleus |
| lymphangi/o | Lymph vessel |
| poikil/o | Irregular, varied |
| tox/o | Poison |
| eosin/o | Dawn (rose coloured) |
| immun/o | Immune, Immunity |
| lymphaden/o | Lymph gland |
| phag/o | Eating, swallowing |
| thromb/o | Blood clot, thrombus |
| agglutin/o | Clumping, gluing |
| ser/o | Serum |
| bas/o | Base (alkaline) |
| splen/o | Spleen |
| plas/o | Formation, Growth |
| xen/o | Foreign, Strange |
| neutr/o | Neutral |
| thym/o | Thymus gland |
| reticul/o | Net, Mesh |
| morph/o | Form, Shape, Structure |
| leuk/o | White |
| granul/o | Granule |
| blast/o | Embryonic cell |
| sider/o | Iron |
| myel/o | Bone marrow |
| lymph/o | Lymph |
| kary/o | Nucleus |
| hem/o | Blood |
| chrom/o | Colour |
| epi- | Above |
| hyper- | excessive |
| sub- | Below,under, |
| intra- | Within |
| hypo- | under, below, defficient |
| inter- | Between |
| peri- | Around |
| homo- | Same, Alike |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -derma | Skin |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument to record |
| -ology | Study of |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -ologist | one who studies, specialist |
| dermat/o | Skin |
| kerat/o | Horny tissue, hard |
| mast/o | Breast |
| onych/o | Nail |
| squam/o | Scale |
| ungu/o | Nail |
| adip/o | Fat |
| derm/o | Skin |
| lact/o | Milk |
| melan/o | Black, Dark |
| pil/o | Hair |
| steat/o | Fat |
| thel/o | Nipple |
| crypt/o | Hidden |
| hidr/o | Sweat |
| lip/o | Fat |
| myc/o | Fungus |
| seb/o | Sebum, Sebaceous |
| trich/o | Hair |
| xanth/o | Yellow |
| cutane/o | Skin |
| ichthy/o | Dry,Scaly |
| mamm/o | Breast |
| nid/o | Nest |
| scler/o | Hardening |
| sudor/o | Sweat |
| xer/o | Dry |
| AB | Antibody |
| A,B,AB,O | Blood types in ABO blood group |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| AML | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia |
| APC | Antigen-presenting Cell |
| APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| baso | Basophil |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| CML | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia |
| diff | Differential count |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| eos | Eosinophil |
| ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |
| Hb,Hgb | Hemoglobin |
| HCT,Hct | Hematocrit |
| HDN | Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| Igs | Immunoglobulins |
| ITP | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| IV | Intravenous |
| lymphos | Lymphocytes |
| MCH | Mean Cell Hemoglobin |
| MCHC | Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration |
| PT | Prothrombin Time |
| MCV | Mean Cell Volume |
| PTT | Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| ml,mL | Milliliter |
| NK cell | Natural Killer Cell |
| RBC,rbc | Red Blood Cell |
| PA | Pernicious Anemia |
| sed | Sedimentation |
| PCP | Pneumocystis pneumonia, Primary Care Physician |
| PCV | Packed Cell Volume |
| poly,PMN,PMNL | Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte |
| segs | Segmented Neutrophils |
| SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| WBC,wbc | White Blood Cell |