Chapter 9 - Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems Flashcards
aden/o
gland
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
blast/o
embryonic cell
chrom/o
color
eosin/o
dawn (rose-colored)
erythr/o
red
granul/o
granule
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
immun/o
immune, ummunity, safe
kary/o
nucleus
nucle/o
nucleus
leuk/o
white
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
lymph/o
lymph
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
morph/o
form, shape, structure
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
neutr/o
neutral, neither
phag/o
swallowing, eating
plas/o
formation, growth
poikil/o
varied, irregular
reticul/
net, mesh
ser/o
serum
sider/o
iron
splen/o
spleen
thromb/o
blood clot
thym/o
thymus gland
xen/o
foreign, strange
-blast
embryonic cell
-emia
blood condition
-globin
protein
-graft
transplantation
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-phil
attraction for
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-phylaxis
protection
-poiesis
formation, production
-stasis
standing still
a-
without, not
allo-
other, differing from the normal
aniso-
unequal, dissimiliar
iso-
same, equal
AB, Ab, ab
antibody, abortion
A, B, AB,O
blood types in ABO blood
group
AIDS
acquired immune deficiency
syndrome
ALL
acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML
acute lymphocytic leukemia
APC
Antigen-presenting cell
APTT
activated partial thromboplastin time
baso
basophil (type of white blood cell)
CBC
complete blood count
CLL
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML
chronic myelogenous leukemia
diff
differential count (white blood cells)
MCHC
mean cell hemoglobin concentration (average concentration of hemoglobin in a single
red cell)
MCV
mean cell volume (average volume or size of a single red blood cell)
NK cell
natural killer cell
PA
posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery
PCP
Pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician; phencyclidine (hallucinogen)
PCV
packed cell volume
poly, PMN, PMNL
polymorphonuclear leukocyte
EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
eos
eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Hb, Hgb
hemoglobin
HCT, Hct
hematocrit
HDN
hemolytic disease of the newborn
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
Igs
immunoglobulins
ITP
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
lymphos
lymphocytes
MCH
mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)
PT
prothrombin time, physical therapy
PTT
partial thromboplastin time
RA
right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis
RBC, rbc
red blood cell
sed
sedimentation
segs
segmented neutrophils
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
WBC, wbc
white blood cell