Common terms and Word Elements for Blood and Lymph Flashcards
SANGUIN/O
(sang‐gwi‐nō)
Blood
HEM/O
(hē‐mō)
HEMAT/O
(hēm‐ă‐tō)
‐EMIA
(ē‐mē‐ă)
Blood
PLASM/O
(plăz‐mō)
‐PLASM
(plă‐zm)
Fluid portion of blood (plasma), something formed or shaped
PLAST/O
(pla‐stō)
‐PLAST
(plast)
‐PLASIA
(plā‐zē‐ă)
formed, molded
forming cell or organelle
condition of formation, growth
SER/O
(sēr‐ō)
Fluid left over after blood clotting (blood serum), a watery fluid
‐POIESIS
(poy‐ē‐sĭs)
To make, produce
BLAST/O
(blă‐stō)
‐BLAST
(blăst)
Embryonic cell, formative cell or layer, bud or shoot
CYT/O
(sī‐tō)
‐CYTE
(sīt)
Cell
THROMB/O
(thrŏm‐bō)
A clot
ERYTHR/O
(ĕ‐rĭth‐rō)
Red, red blood cell
LEUK/O
(loo‐kō)
LEUC/O
(loo‐kō)
White, white blood cell
RETICUL/O
(rĕ‐tik‐yŭ‐lō)
Net, Network
GRANUL/O
(gran‐yŭ‐lō)
Granule, small grain
CORPUSCUL/O
(kor‐pŭs‐kū‐lō)
Corpuscle, small mass or body
GLOB/O
(glō‐bō)
GLOBUL/O
(glob‐ū‐lō)
Ball, sphere
MORPH/O
(mŏr‐fō)
Shape, form
NUCLE/O
(nū‐klē‐ō)
Center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel
KARY/O
(kar‐ē‐ō)
Center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel
NEUTR/O
(noo‐trō)
Neutral, neither
BAS/O
(bā‐sō)
Base, foundation, step, a walking
EOSIN/O
(ē‐ō‐sĭn‐ō)
Red dyes used in histology (Eosine)
EOS/O
(ē‐ōs‐ō)
EO‐
(ē‐ō)
Dawn, early, morning red
PHIL/O
(fĭ‐lō)
‐PHIL
(fil)
‐PHILE
(fīl)
Attraction, love
LYMPH/O
(lim‐fō)
LYMPHAT/O
(lim‐fa‐tō)
Lymph, water
NOD/O
(nō‐dō)
Node (lymph), swollen, knot‐like
ADEN/O
(ad‐ĕ‐nō)
Gland
SPLEN/O
(splē‐nō)
Spleen
LIEN/O
(lī‐ĕ‐nō)
Spleen
TONSILL/O
(ton‐sĭ‐lō)
Tonsil
THYM/O
(thī‐mō)
Thymus Gland
COAGUL/O
(kō‐ag‐yŭ‐lō)
Thickening of liquid into a gel or solid, particularly blood
FIBR/O
(fī‐brō)
Fiber
BUBON/O
(boo‐bŏn‐ō)
Swollen lymph node(s)
