BLOOD vocabulary

Question 1

-crit

Answer 1

to separate/judge

Question 2

-cyte

Answer 2

cell

Question 3

-emia

Answer 3

blood condition

Question 4

erythro-

Answer 4

red

Question 5

ferr-

Answer 5

iron

Question 6

heme-, Hemo-

Answer 6

iron

Question 7

hemato-

Answer 7

blood

Question 8

Leuko-

Answer 8

white

Question 9

mega-

Answer 9

large

Question 10

-osis

Answer 10

condition

Question 11

-penia

Answer 11

want, lack

Question 12

-poiesis

Answer 12

formation

Question 13

poly-

Answer 13

many

Question 14

-rrhage

Answer 14

burst forth

Question 15

-stasis

Answer 15

standing still

Question 16

thromb-

Answer 16

clot

Question 17

hematocrit

Answer 17

separate blood

Question 18

leukocyte

Answer 18

white blood cell

Question 19

leukemia

Answer 19

white blood cell condition

Question 20

erythrocyte

Answer 20

red blood cell

Question 21

hematology

Answer 21

study of blood

Question 22

megakaryocyte

Answer 22

large nucleus cell

Question 23

leukocytosis

Answer 23

condition of excess WBC

Question 24

leukocytopenia

Answer 24

lack of WBC’s

Question 25

hematopoiesis

Answer 25

formation of all blood cells

Question 26

erythropoiesis

Answer 26

formation of RBC’s

Question 27

polymorphonuclear

Answer 27

many shaped nucleus

Question 28

hemmorhage

Answer 28

bursting forth with blood
(excessive bleeding)

Question 29

hemostasis

Answer 29

blood standing still
blood clotting

Question 30

thrombosis

Answer 30

condition of clotting