Chap 13, Blood System, Comb. Forms, Suffixes

Question 1

bas/o

Answer 1

base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)

Question 2

chrom/o

Answer 2

color

Question 3

coagul/o

Answer 3

clotting

Question 4

cyt/o

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

eosin/o

Answer 5

red, dawn, rosy

Question 6

erythr/o

Answer 6

red

Question 7

granul/o

Answer 7

granules

Question 8

hem/o

Answer 8

blood

Question 9

hemat/o

Answer 9

blood

Question 10

hemoglobin/o

Answer 10

hemoglobin

Question 11

is/o

Answer 11

same, equal

Question 12

kary/o

Answer 12

nucleus

Question 13

leuk/o

Answer 13

white

Question 14

mon/o

Answer 14

one, single

Question 15

morph/o

Answer 15

shape, form

Question 16

myel/o

Answer 16

bone marrow

Question 17

neutr/o

Answer 17

neutral (neither base nor acid)

Question 18

nucle/o

Answer 18

nucleus

Question 19

phag/o

Answer 19

eat, swallow

Question 20

poikil/o

Answer 20

varied, irregular

Question 21

sider/o

Answer 21

iron

Question 22

spher/o

Answer 22

globe, round

Question 23

thromb/o

Answer 23

clot

Question 24

-apheresis

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

-blast

Answer 25

immature cell, embryonic

Question 26

-cytosis

Answer 26

abnormal condition of cells (increase in # of cells)

Question 27

-emia

Answer 27

blood condition

Question 28

-gen

Answer 28

giving rise to; producing

Question 29

-globin

Answer 29

protein

Question 30

-globulin

Answer 30

protein

Question 31

-lytic

Answer 31

pertaining to destruction

Question 32

-oid

Answer 32

derived or originating from

Question 33

-osis

Answer 33

abnormal condition

Question 34

-penia

Answer 34

deficiency

Question 35

-phage

Answer 35

eat, swallow

Question 36

-philia

Answer 36

attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)

Question 37

-phoresis

Answer 37

carrying, transmission

Question 38

-poiesis

Answer 38

formation

Question 39

-stasis

Answer 39

stop, control

Question 40

anis/o

Answer 40

unequal

Question 41

-phoresis

Answer 41

indicates transmission (as in electrophoresis, the transmission of electricity to separate substances).

Question 42

-plasia

Answer 42

development, formation, growth (increased # of cell growth)