Ch 13 - Blood System Terminology Flashcards
bas/o
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
ex. basophil - WBC, or dark staining granule
chrom/o
color
ex. hypochromic - deficiency of color
coagul/o
clotting
ex. anticoagulant - substance that works against clotting
cyt/o
cell
ex. cytology - study of cells
eosin/o
red, dawn, rosy
ex. eosinophil - WBC
erythr/o
red
ex. erythroblast - immature RBC
granul/o
granules
ex. granulocyte - WBC
hem/o
blood
ex. hemolysis - destruction/breakdown of RBCs
hemat/o
blood
ex. hematocrit - separation of blood
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
ex. hemoglobinopathy - disease of the hemoglobin
is/o
same, equal
ex. anisocytosis - abnormal condition of unequal size of cells
kary/o
nucleus
ex. megakaryocyte - cell with a large nuclei
leuk/o
white
ex. leukopenia - deficiency of WBCs
mon/o
one, single
ex. monocyte - WBC
morph/o
shape, form
ex. study of shape/form
myel/o
bone marrow
ex. myeloblast - immature bone marrow
ex. myelodysplasia - abnormal development of the bone marrow
neutr/o
neutral (neither base nor acid)
ex. neutropenia - deficiency of the neutrophil
nucle/o
nucleus
ex. polymorphonuclear - WBC w/ multi nucleus
phag/o
eat, swallow
ex. phagocyte - cells that ingest other cells
poikil/o
varied, irregular
ex. poikilocytosis - irregular shape of the RBC
sider/o
iron
ex. sideropenia - deficiency of iron
spher/o
globe, round
ex. spherocytosis - erythrocyte that has a rounded shape
thromb/o
clot
ex. thrombocytopenia - deficiency of clotting cells
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away
ex. plasmapheresis - separation of plasma
ex. leukapheresis - separation of WBC
ex. plateletpheresis - separation of platelet
-blast
immature or embryonic cell
ex. monoblast - immature WBC
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)
ex. macrocytosis - abnormal increase in the RBC
ex. microcytosis - abnormal decrease in the RBC
-emia
blood condition
ex. leukemia - cancer of the WBC
-gen
giving rise to; producing
ex. fibrinogen - plasma converting into fibrin for clotting
- globin,
- globulin
protein
ex. hemoglobin - blood protein in erythrocyte
ex. immunoglobulin - protein that acts to protect the body
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
ex. thrombolytic therapy - treatment to destroy the blood clot
-oid
derived or originating from
ex. myeloid - derived from the bone marrow
-osis
abnormal condition
ex. thrombosis - abnormal condition of clotting
-penia
deficiency
ex. granulocytopenia - deficiency of the granulocytes
ex. pancytopenia - deficiency of all the cells
-phage
eat, swallow
ex. macrophage - large cells that eat other cells
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
ex. eosinophilia - increase in the number of eosinophils
ex. nutrophilia - increase in the number of neutrophils
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
ex. electrophoresis - separation of protein
-poiesis
formation
ex. hematopoiesis - formation of blood cells
ex. erythropoiesis - formation of erythrocyte
ex. myelopoiesis - formation of the bone marrow
-stasis
stop, control
ex. hemostasis - stopping of the blood flow
