chapter 9 Flashcards
Aden/o
Adenoid
Gland
Resembling a gland
Agglutin/o
Agglutination
Clumping, gluing
Process of clumping
Bas/o
Basophils
Base(alkaline, opposite of acid)
attraction to base (alkaline dyes)
Blast/o
Erythroblastosis
Embryonic cell
Abnormal increase of embryonic read cells
Chrom/o
Hypochromic
Color
Under decrease in color
Eosin/o
Eosinophil
Dawn(rose-colored)
Attraction for rose colored (dye)
Erythr/o
Erythrocyte
Red
Red cell
Granul/o
Granulocyte
Granule
Cell containing granules
Hem/o
hemophobia
Blood
fear of blood
Hemat/o
Hematoma
Blood
Blood tumor
Immun/o
Immunology
Immune, immunity, safe
Study of immunity
Kary/o
Karyolysis
Nucleus
Destructure of the nucleus
Nucle/o
Mononuclear
Nucleus
Pertaining to a single nucleus
Leuk/o
Leukemia
White
White blood condition
Lymphaden/o
Lymphadenopathy
Lymph gland (node) Disease of lymph nodes
Lymph/o
lymphoid
Lymph
Resembling lymph
Lymphangi/o
Lymphangioma
Lymph Vessel
Tumor composed of lymph vessels
Morph/o
Morphology
Form, shape, structure
Study of foreign, shape, and structure
Myel/o
Myelogenic
Bone marrow; spinal cord
Relating to the origin in bone marrow
Neutr/o
Neutrophilic
Neutral, neither
Pertain to an attraction for neutral dyes
Phag/o
Phagocyte
Swallowing, eating
Cell that eats foreign material
Plas/o
aplastic
Formation, growth
Pertain to a failure to form
Poikil/o
Poikilocyte
Varied, irregularly
Cell that is irregular or varied in shape
Reticul/o
Reticulocyte
Net, mesh
Cell that contains a net or meshwork
Ser/o
Serology
Serum
Study of serum
Sider/o
Sideropenia
Iron
Deficiency of iron
Splen/o
Splenorrhagia
Spleen
Bursting forth of the spleen
Thromb/o
Thrombosis
Blood clot
Abnormal condition of a blood clot
Thym/o
Thymopathy
Thymus gland
Disease of the thymus gland
Xen/o
Xenograft
Foreign, strange
Foreign transplantation also called heterograft
Blast
Erythroblast
Embryonic cell
Embryonic red cell
Emia
Anemia
Blood condition
Without blood
Goblin
Hemoglobin
Protein
Blood protein
Graft
Autograft
Transplantation
Self transplant
Osis
Leukocytosis
Abnormal condition
Abnormal Increase in white blood cells
Penia
Erythropenia
Decreased, deficiency
Abnormal decrease in red blood cells
Phil
Neutrophil
attraction for
Attraction for a neutral dye
Phoresis
Electrophoresis
Carrying, transmission
Carrying and electric charge
Phylaxis
Anaphylaxis
Protection
Against protection
Poiesis
Hemopoiesis
Formation, protection
Formation of blood
Stasis
Hemostasis
Standing still
Standing still of blood
A
Amorphic
Without, not
Without a definite form
Allo
Allograft
Different from normal
Transplantation from another also called homograft
Aniso
Anisocytosis
Unequal,similar
Abnormal increase in cells that are on equal
Iso
Isochromic
Same, equal
Pertaining to the same color
Macro
Macrocyte
Large
Large red cells
Micro
Microcyte
Small
Small red cell
Mono
Mononucleosis
One
abnormal increase of mononuclear cell
Poly
Polymorphic
Many, much
Pertaining to many forms or shapes
AB, Ab, ab
antibody
A, B, AB, O
blood types in ABO blood group
AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ALL
acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML
acute myelogenous leukemia
ANA
antinuclear antibody
APC
antigen- presenting cell
APTT
activated partial thromboplastin time
BMT
bone marrow transplant
CBC
complete blood count
CLL
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML
chronic myelogenous leukemia
DIC
disseminated intravascular coagulation
diff
differential count (white blood cells)
DVT
deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis
EBV
Epstein- Barr virus
GVHD
graft-versus host disease
eos
eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
Hb, Hgh
hemoglobin
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
Igs
immunoglobulins
MNL
mononuclear leukocytes
NK cell
natural killer cell
PCP
pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician
PMN
polymorphonuclear
PMNL, poly
polymorphonuclear leukocyte
PT
prothrombin time, physical therapy
PTT
partial thromboplastin time
RA
right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis
RBC, rbc
red blood cell
segs
segmented neutrophils
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
WBC, wbc
white blood cell