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1
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Aden/o

Adenoid

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Gland

Resembling a gland

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Agglutin/o

Agglutination

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Clumping, gluing

Process of clumping

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Bas/o

Basophils

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Base(alkaline, opposite of acid)

attraction to base (alkaline dyes)

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Blast/o

Erythroblastosis

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Embryonic cell

Abnormal increase of embryonic read cells

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Chrom/o

Hypochromic

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Color

Under decrease in color

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Eosin/o

Eosinophil

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Dawn(rose-colored)

Attraction for rose colored (dye)

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Erythr/o

Erythrocyte

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Red

Red cell

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Granul/o

Granulocyte

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Granule

Cell containing granules

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Hem/o

hemophobia

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Blood

fear of blood

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Hemat/o

Hematoma

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Blood

Blood tumor

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Immun/o

Immunology

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Immune, immunity, safe

Study of immunity

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Kary/o

Karyolysis

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Nucleus

Destructure of the nucleus

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Nucle/o

Mononuclear

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Nucleus

Pertaining to a single nucleus

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Leuk/o

Leukemia

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White

White blood condition

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Lymphaden/o

Lymphadenopathy

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Lymph gland (node)
 Disease of lymph nodes
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Lymph/o

lymphoid

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Lymph

Resembling lymph

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Lymphangi/o

Lymphangioma

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Lymph Vessel

Tumor composed of lymph vessels

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Morph/o

Morphology

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Form, shape, structure

Study of foreign, shape, and structure

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Myel/o

Myelogenic

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Bone marrow; spinal cord

Relating to the origin in bone marrow

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Neutr/o

Neutrophilic

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Neutral, neither

Pertain to an attraction for neutral dyes

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Phag/o

Phagocyte

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Swallowing, eating

Cell that eats foreign material

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Plas/o

aplastic

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Formation, growth

Pertain to a failure to form

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Poikil/o

Poikilocyte

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Varied, irregularly

Cell that is irregular or varied in shape

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Reticul/o

Reticulocyte

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Net, mesh

Cell that contains a net or meshwork

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Ser/o

Serology

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Serum

Study of serum

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Sider/o

Sideropenia

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Iron

Deficiency of iron

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Splen/o

Splenorrhagia

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Spleen

Bursting forth of the spleen

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Thromb/o

Thrombosis

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Blood clot

Abnormal condition of a blood clot

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Thym/o

Thymopathy

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Thymus gland

Disease of the thymus gland

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Xen/o

Xenograft

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Foreign, strange

Foreign transplantation also called heterograft

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Blast

Erythroblast

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Embryonic cell

Embryonic red cell

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Emia

Anemia

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Blood condition

Without blood

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Goblin

Hemoglobin

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Protein

Blood protein

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Graft

Autograft

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Transplantation

Self transplant

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Osis

Leukocytosis

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Abnormal condition

Abnormal Increase in white blood cells

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Penia

Erythropenia

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Decreased, deficiency

Abnormal decrease in red blood cells

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Phil

Neutrophil

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attraction for

Attraction for a neutral dye

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Phoresis

Electrophoresis

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Carrying, transmission

Carrying and electric charge

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Phylaxis

Anaphylaxis

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Protection

Against protection

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Poiesis

Hemopoiesis

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Formation, protection

Formation of blood

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Stasis

Hemostasis

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Standing still

Standing still of blood

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Amorphic

A

Without, not

Without a definite form

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Allo

Allograft

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Different from normal

Transplantation from another also called homograft

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Aniso

Anisocytosis

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Unequal,similar

Abnormal increase in cells that are on equal

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Iso

Isochromic

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Same, equal

Pertaining to the same color

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Macro

Macrocyte

A

Large

Large red cells

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Micro

Microcyte

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Small

Small red cell

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Mono

Mononucleosis

A

One

abnormal increase of mononuclear cell

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Poly

Polymorphic

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Many, much

Pertaining to many forms or shapes

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AB, Ab, ab

A

antibody

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A, B, AB, O

A

blood types in ABO blood group

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AIDS

A

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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ALL

A

acute lymphocytic leukemia

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AML

A

acute myelogenous leukemia

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ANA

A

antinuclear antibody

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APC

A

antigen- presenting cell

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APTT

A

activated partial thromboplastin time

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BMT

A

bone marrow transplant

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CBC

A

complete blood count

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CLL

A

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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CML

A

chronic myelogenous leukemia

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DIC

A

disseminated intravascular coagulation

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diff

A

differential count (white blood cells)

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DVT

A

deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis

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EBV

A

Epstein- Barr virus

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GVHD

A

graft-versus host disease

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eos

A

eosinophil (type of white blood cell)

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Hb, Hgh

A

hemoglobin

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HIV

A

human immunodeficiency virus

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Igs

A

immunoglobulins

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MNL

A

mononuclear leukocytes

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NK cell

A

natural killer cell

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PCP

A

pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician

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PMN

A

polymorphonuclear

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PMNL, poly

A

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

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PT

A

prothrombin time, physical therapy

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PTT

A

partial thromboplastin time

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RA

A

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis

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RBC, rbc

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red blood cell

80
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segs

A

segmented neutrophils

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SLE

A

systemic lupus erythematosus

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WBC, wbc

A

white blood cell

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