Prefixes And Suffix Flashcards
Cyt
Cell
Hemo-/ hemato-
Pertaining to blood
a-/an-
Without, absent, decreased
dys-
Abnormal, difficult, bad
erythro-
Red
leuk(o)-
White
hypo-; hyper-; iso
Under/decresed; above; equal/same
aniso-
Unequal/ dissimilar
poikilo-
Varried/irregular
macro-; mega-
Large/long; giant
micro
Small
poly-
Many
Pan-
All/overall
meta-
After, next; change
phleb-
Vein
Myel(o)
From Bone Marrow; spinal cord
schis-
Split
thromb(o)
Clot, thrombus
ferr-
Iron
scler-
Hard
-cyte
Cell
-emia
Blood
-penia
Decreased, deficiency
-lysis
Destruction, dissolving
-oma
Sweeling; tumor
-opathy
Disease
-osis
Abnormal increase; disease
-itis
Inflammation
-phil(ic)
Attracted to, affinity for
-plasia/-plastic
Cell production or repair
-poiesis
Cell production, dormation and development
-poietin
Stimulates production