Exam 2 - Chapter 9: Blood, lymph, and immune systems (by term) Flashcards
aden/o
Combining form of “gland”
agglutin/o
Combining form of “clumping” or “gluing”
bas/o
Combining form of “basic, alkaline”
blast/o
Combining form of “embryonic cell”
chromo
Combining form of “color”
eosin/o
Combining form of “rose-colored”
erythr/o
Combining form of “red”
granul/o
Combining form of “granule”
hem/o and hemat/o
Combining forms of “blood”
immun/o
Combining form of “immune” or “immunity”
kary/o and nucleo
Combining forms of “nucleus”
leuk/o
Combining form of “white”
lymphaden/o
Combining form of “lymph gland” or “lymph node”
lymph/o
Combining form of “lymph”
lymphangi/o
Combining form of “lymph vessel”
morph/o
Combining form of “shape”
myel/o
Combining form of “bone marrow” or sometimes “spinal cord”
neutr/o
Combining form of “neutral” or “neither”
phag/o
Combining form of “eating” or “swallowing”
plas/o
Combining form of “formation” or “growth”
poikil/o
Combining form of “varied” or “irregular”
reticul/o
Combining form of “net” or “mesh”
ser/o
Combining form of “serum”
sider/o
Combining form of “iron”
splen/o
Combining form of “spleen”
thromb/o
Combining form of “blood clot”
thym/o
Combining form of “thymus gland”
xen/o
Combining form of “foreign” or “strange”
-blast
Suffix for “embryonic cell”
-emia
Suffix for “blood condition”
-globin
Suffix for “protein”
-graft
Suffix for “transplantation”
-osis
Suffix for “abnormal condition,” but generally means there is an abnormal increase in some substance
