Chapter 13 Terminology Flashcards
bas/o
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
chrom/o
colour
coagul/o
clotting
eosin/o
red, dawn, rosy
granul/o
granules
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
is/o
same, equal
kary/o
nucleus
mon/o
one, single
morph/o
shape, form
myel/o
bone marrow
neutr/o
neutral (neither base nor acid)
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
-gen
giving rise to, producing
-globulin
protein
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-oid
derived or originating from
-osis
abnormal condition
-phage
eat, swallow
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
-poiesis
formation
-stasis
stop, control