ML 6 - Hematology and Immunology - prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes
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| a- | away from, without
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| aden/o | gland
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| agglutin/o | clumping, sticking
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| aggreg/o | crowding together
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| -al | pertaining to
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| an- | without, not
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| angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| anis/o | unequal
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| -ant | pertaining to
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| anti- | against
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| apher/o | withdrawal
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ase | enzyme
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| aspir/o | to breathe in, to suck in
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| -ate | composed of; pertaining to
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| -ated | pertaining to a condition; composed of
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| -atic | pertaining to
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| -ation | a process; being or having
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| attenu/o | weakened
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| auto- | self
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| bas/o | basic (alkaline)
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| bi/o | life; living organisms
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| -blast | immature cell
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| -body | structure or thing
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| calc/o | calcium
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| chrom/o | color
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| coagul/o | clotting
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| compromis/o | exposed to danger
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| cortic/o | cortex (outer region)
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| -crasia | a mixing
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| cyt/o | cell
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| defici/o | lacking, inadequate
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| different/o | being distinct, different
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| dissect/o | to cut apart
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| dissemin/o | widely scattered throughout the body
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| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal
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| -ectomy | surgical excision
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| -ed | pertaining to
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| -edema | swelling
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| electr/o | electricity
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| embol/o | embolus (occluding plug)
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| -emia | condition of the blood, substance in the blood
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| -ency | condition of being
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| endo- | innermost
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| eosin/o | eosin (acidic red dye)
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| erythr/o | red
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| -esis | condition
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| excis/o | to cut out
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| ferrit/o | iron
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| ferr/o | iron
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| fibrin/o | fibrin
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| fus/o | pouring
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| -gen | that which produces
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| gen/o | arising from; produced by
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| glob/o | shaped like a globe; comprehensive
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| globul/o | shaped like a globe
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| -gram | a record or picture
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| granul/o | granule
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| -graphy | the process of recording
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hem/o | blood
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| heter/o | other
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| hyper- | above; more than normal
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| hypo- | below; deficient
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| -ia | condition, state, thing
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -ial | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| idi/o | unknown; individual
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| -immune | immune response
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| immun/o | immune response
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| -in | substance
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| inhibit/o | block; hold back
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within
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| -ion | action; condition
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| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -ity | state; condition
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| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| -kine | movement
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| leuk/o | white
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| log/o | word; the study of
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| -logy | the study of
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| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic system
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| ly/o | break down, separate, dissolve
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| -lysis | process of breaking down or dissolving
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| -lyte | dissolved substance
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| macr/o | large
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| meg/a | large
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| megal/o | large
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| micr/o | small
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| mon/o | one, single
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| morph/o | shape
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| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin
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| neutr/o | not taking part
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| norm/o | normal, usual
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| -oid | resembling
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| -oma | tumor, mass
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| opportun/o | well timed, taking advantage of
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| -opsy | the process of viewing
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| -or | person or thing that produces or does
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| -osis | condition, abnormal condition
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| ox/y | oxygen
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| pan- | all
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| path/o | disease, suffering
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| -pathy | disease, suffering
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| -penia | condition of deficiency
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| peripher/o | outer aspects
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| -phage | thing that eats
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| phag/o | eating, swallowing
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| -phil | attraction to, fondness for
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| phil/o | attraction to, fondness for
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| phleb/o | vein
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| phor/o | to bear, to carry
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| plasm/o | plasma; formed substance
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| plast/o | growth, formation
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| -poiesis | condition of formation
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| -poietin | a substance that forms
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| poikil/o | irregular
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| poly- | many, much
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| pro- | before
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| prote/o | protein
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| punct/o | hole, perforation
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| reticul/o | small network
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| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge
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| rub/o | red
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| septic/o | infection
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| son/o | sound
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| splen/o | spleen
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| -stasis | condition of standing still, staying in one place
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| -steroid | steroid
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| suppress/o | press down
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| -therapy | treatment
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| thromb/o | thrombus (blood clot)
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| thym/o | thymus, range
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision
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| tox/o | poison
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| trans- | across, through
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| transplant/o | move something to another place
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| ultra- | beyond, higher
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| -ure | system; result of
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| vaccin/o | giving a vaccine
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| vascul/o | blood vessel
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| ven/i | vein
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| viscos/o | thickness
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