Blood, Lymphatic, & Immune Systems Flashcards
home/o
Same
-stasis
Controlling, stopping
hem/o
Blood
hemat/o
Blood
lymph/o
Lymph
lymphat/o
Lymph
path/o
Disease
-gen
Producing
-logist
One who studies
immun/o
Safety, protection
-logy
Study of
-poiesis
Formation
erythr/o
Red (blood cell)
-cyte
Cell
thromb/o
Clotting, clot
-globin
Protein substance
myel/o
Bone marrow
-poietin
Forming substance
-siderin
Iron substance
morph/o
Shape
granul/o
Little grain
poly-
Many
nucle/o
Nucleus
eosin/o
Rosy-colored
-phil
Attraction
neutr/o
Neutral
phag/o
Eat, swallow
bas/o
Base
a-
Wirhout
mono-
One
pro-
Before
-thrombin
Clotting substance
fibrin/o
Fiber substance
plasm/o
Plasma
ser/o
Serum
anti-
Against
agglutin/o
Clumping
-in
Substance
-lytic
Pertaining to breaking down
lymphangi/o
Lymph vessel
lymphaden/o
Lymph gland
macro-
Large
-e
Noun ending
cervic/o
Neck, cervix
axill/o
Axilla, armpit
inguin/o
Groin
mediastin/o
Mediastinum
splen/o
Spleen
thym/o
Thymus
tonsil/o
Tonsil
Append/o
Appendix
appendic/o
Appendix
-kine
Movement
inter-
Between
-leukin
White substance
-osis
Abnormal condition
pyr/o
Fever, fire
-exia
Condition
humor/o
Liquid
-al
Pertaining to
post-
After
-rrhagic
Pertaining to busting forth
an-
No, not
-emia
Blood condition
hypo-
Deficient
vol/o
Volume
sider/o
Iron
-penia
Deficiency
plast/o
Formation
auto-
Self
non-
Not
pan-
All
thalass/o
Sea
-philia
Attraction condition
vera
True
purpur/o
Purple
-a
Noun ending
septic/o
Infection
system/o
System
leuk/o
White blood cell
-cytosis
Abnormal increase in cells
hyper-
Excessive
-ism
Condition
-itis
Inflammation
-pathy
Disease process
-edema
Swelling
-osis
Abnormal condition
allo-
Other, different
erg/o
Work
-y
Condition
ana-
Without
-phylaxis
Protection
-oma
Tumor
-ic
Pertaining to
-genous
Pertaining to originating from
-graphy
Process of recording
arteri/o
Artery
-globulin
Protein substance
-crit
Separate
-plastin
Forming substance
-thrombin
Clotting substance
log/o
Study
-apheresis
Removal
-ous
Pertaining to
trans-
Across, through
-fusion
Pouring
adenoid/o
adenoid
-ectomy
Removal
bi/o
Life
-opsy
Process of viewing
A, B, AB, O
Blood types
AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ALL
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
ANA
Antinuclear antibody
basos
Basophils
BMP
Basic metabolic panal
BMT
Bone marrow transplant
BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
bx
Biopsy
Ca
Calcium
CBC
Complete blood cell count
CI
Chloride
CLL
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
CO 2
Carbon dioxide
diff
Differential (WBC count)
EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
eosins
Eosinophils
ESR
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Hb
Hemoglobin
Hct
Hematocrit
HDN
Hemolytic disease of the newborn
Hgb
Hemoglobin
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Ig
Immunoglobulin
K
Potassium
lymphs
Lymphocytes
MCH
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MCHC
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Na
Sodium
neuts
Neutrophils
NK
Natural killer (cells)
PCV
Packed-cell volume
Plats
Platelets, thrombocytes
PMNs, polys
Polymorphonucleocytes
PT
Prothrombin time
PTT
Partial thromboplastin time
RBC
Red blood cell (count)
Rh
Rhesus
SIRS
Systemic immune response syndrome
WBC
White blood cell (count)