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CHAPTER EIGHT BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS

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1. chromat/o   color  
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2. chyl/o   juice  
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3. cyt/o   cell  
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4. hem/o   blood  
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5. hemat/o   blood  
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6. immun/o   immune, resistant  
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7. lymph/o   clear fluid  
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8. morph/o   form  
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9. myel/o   bone marrow or spinal cord  
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10. phag/o   eat or swallow  
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11. blast/o   germ or bud  
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12. chrom/o   color  
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13. plas/o   formation  
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14. reticul/o   a net  
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15. splen/o   spleen  
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16. thromb/o   clot  
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17. thym/o   thymus  
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18. microcytosis   presence of small red blood cells  
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19. hypochromic   pale in color; lighter in color than normal  
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20. macrocytosis   presence of large red blood cells  
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21. anisocytosis   presence of red blood cells of unequal size (an = not, without; iso = equal)  
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22. poikilocytosis   presence of large, irregularly shaped red blood cells (poikilo= irregular)  
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23. reticulocytosis   an increased number of immature erythrocytes in the blood  
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24. erythropenia   an abnormally reduced number of red blood cells  
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25. lymphocytopenia   an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes  
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26.neutropenia   a decreased number of neutrophils  
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27. pancytopenia   an abnormally reduced number of all cellular components in the blood  
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28. thrombocytopenia   an abnormally decreased number of platelets in the blood, impairing the clotting process  
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29. hemolysis   breakdown of the red blood cell membrane  
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30. immunosuppression   impaired ability to provide an immune response  
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