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Chap 13, Blood System, Comb. Forms, Suffixes Flashcards

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bas/o

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base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)

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chrom/o

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color

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coagul/o

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clotting

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cyt/o

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cell

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eosin/o

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red, dawn, rosy

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erythr/o

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red

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granul/o

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granules

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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hemoglobin/o

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hemoglobin

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is/o

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same, equal

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kary/o

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nucleus

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leuk/o

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white

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mon/o

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one, single

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morph/o

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shape, form

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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neutr/o

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neutral (neither base nor acid)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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poikil/o

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varied, irregular

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sider/o

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iron

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spher/o

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globe, round

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thromb/o

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clot

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-apheresis

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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.

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-blast

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immature cell, embryonic

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-cytosis

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abnormal condition of cells (increase in # of cells)

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gen

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giving rise to; producing

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-globin

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protein

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-globulin

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protein

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-lytic

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pertaining to destruction

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-oid

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derived or originating from

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phage

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eat, swallow

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-philia

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attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-poiesis

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formation

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-stasis

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stop, control

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anis/o

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unequal

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-phoresis

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

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-plasia

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

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