chapter 9 terms and vocab Flashcards
aden/o meaning
gland
agglutin/o meaning
clumping
blast/o meaning
embryonic cell
chrom/o meaning
color
granul/o meaning
granule
hem/o, hemat/o meaning
blood
immun/o meaning
immune, immunity
lymph/o meaning
lymph
lymphangi/o meaning
lymph gland
morph/o
form, shape
-blast
embryonic cell
-globin
protein
-phylaxis
protection
-poiesis
form, producing
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
lymphaden/o meaning
lymph node
nucle/o meaning
nucleus
phag/o meaning
swallowing
poikil/o meaning
irregular
ser/o meaning
serum
sider/o meaning
iron
splen/o meaning
spleen
thromb/o meaning
blood clot
-penia
decreased
-stasis
stand still
-phil
attraction for
anaphylaxis meaning
extreme life threatening response to an allergen
anticoagulant meaning
drug prevents or increases clotting of blood
leukemia meaning
blood condition of the wbcs
hemophilia meaning
disorder in the deficiency of clotting (pertaining to the attraction for blood)
hypochromic meaning
pertaining to lack of color
hematoma
tumore of blood
lymphoid meaning
resembling lymph
dysphagia meaning
condition of difficulty to swallow
leukocytopenia meaning
decrease in leukocytes