Chapter 13: Terms Flashcards
bas/o
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
chrom/o
colour
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 cell, embryonic
-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 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
anisocytosis
cells are unequal in size
hypochromia
cells have reduced colour (less hemoglobin)
macrocytosis
cells are large
microcytosis
cells are small
poikilocytosis
cells are irregularly shaped
spherocytosis
cells are rounded