Chapter 13 Blood System Flashcards
bas/o
base
chrom/o
colour
coagul/o
clotting
cyt/o
cell
eosin/o
red, dawn, rosy
erythro/o
red
granul/o
granules
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
is/o
same, equal
kary/o
nucleus
luek/o
white
mon/o
one, single
morph/o
shape, form
myel/o
bone marrow
neutr/o
neutral
nucle/o
nucleus
phag/o
eat, swallow
poikil/o
varied, irregular
sider/o
iron
thromb/o
clot
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away
-blast
immature or embryonic cell
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells
-emia
blood condition
-gen
giving rise to; producing
-globin, -globulin
protein
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-oid
derived or originating from
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
deficiency
-phage
eat, swallow
-philia
attraction for (increase in cell numbers)
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-poiesis
formation
-stasis
stop, control
anisocytosis
cells are unequal in size
hypochromia
cells have reduced colour
macrocytosis
cells are large
microcytosis
cells are small
poikilocytosis
cells are irregularly shaped
spherocytosis
cells are spherical (loss of normal concave shape)