Chap 13, Blood System, Comb. Forms, Suffixes Flashcards
bas/o
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
chrom/o
color
coagul/o
clotting
cyt/o
cell
eosin/o
red, dawn, rosy
erythr/o
red
granul/o
granules
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
is/o
same, equal
kary/o
nucleus
leuk/o
white
mon/o
one, single
morph/o
shape, form
myel/o
bone marrow
neutr/o
neutral (neither base nor acid)
nucle/o
nucleus
phag/o
eat, swallow
poikil/o
varied, irregular
sider/o
iron
spher/o
globe, round
thromb/o
clot
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away; refers to the removal of blood from a donor with a portion separated and retained and the remainder reinfused into the donor.
-blast
immature cell, embryonic
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells (increase in # of cells)
-emia
blood condition
-gen
giving rise to; producing
-globin
protein
-globulin
protein
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-oid
derived or originating from
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
deficiency
-phage
eat, swallow
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-poiesis
formation
-stasis
stop, control
anis/o
unequal
-phoresis
indicates transmission (as in electrophoresis, the transmission of electricity to separate substances).
-plasia
development, formation, growth (increased # of cell growth)