Chapter 13: Blood System 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
-blast
Immature or embryonic cell
-cytosis
Abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)
-emia
Blood condition
-gen
Giving rise to; producing
-globin, -globulin
Protein
-lytic
Pertaining to destruction
-oid
Derived, related to, 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