Chapter 13: Terms Flashcards
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bas/o
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base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
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chrom/o
A
colour
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coagul/o
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clotting
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cyt/o
A
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
A
same, equal
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kary/o
A
nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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mon/o
A
one, single
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morph/o
A
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
A
iron
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spher/o
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globe, round
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thromb/o
A
clot
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-apheresis
A
removal, a carrying away
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-blast
immature cell, embryonic
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-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)
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-emia
blood condition
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-gen
giving rise to; producing
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- globin
| - globulin
protein
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-lytic
pertaining to destruction
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-oid
derived or originating from
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-penia
deficiency
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-phage
eat, swallow
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-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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-poiesis
formation
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-stasis
stop, control
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anisocytosis
cells are unequal in size
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hypochromia
cells have reduced colour (less hemoglobin)
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macrocytosis
cells are large
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microcytosis
cells are small
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poikilocytosis
cells are irregularly shaped
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spherocytosis
cells are rounded
