Chapter 8: Blood and Lymph

hem/o

hemat/o

sanguin/o

blood

-emia

blood condition (usually abnormal)

plasm/o

plasma or related to plasma

ser/o

serum; the liquid portion of blood after it has clotted and the clot has been removed

morph/o

structure, shape

-esis

process of an action

cyt/o

-cyte

cell

kary/o

nucleus

clast/o

-clast

to break

erythr/o

erythemat/o

eosin/o

rubr/o

rubri-

red

leuk/o

leuc/o

white

granul/o

granule, small grain

phil/o

-philia

loving

more than normal

baso-

chemically basic (blue)

neutr/o

neutral

lymph/o

lymph, a transparent fluid that comes form body tissue and is conveyed back to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels

immun/o

immunity

immune

inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by pathogens

coagul/o

the process of clotting

anti-

against, opposed to

thromb/o

thrombus

clot

fibrin/o

fibrin

an insoluble protein that is an essential part of the clotting process

heter/o

different, other, unlike

is/o

equal

macro-

large, enlarged

phag/o

eat

vacu/o

to empty, emptiness

RBC

red blood cell(s)

WBC

white blood cell(s)

-blast

bud, seed, formative cell

-poiesis

making, producing

-penia

lacking, deficiency

norm/o

normal

plur/i

several, more than one

lys/o

-lytic

destruction

dissolution

dissolving

breakage

splen/o

spleen

-phobia

intense or abnormal fear

embolism

abnormal material circulating in blood that could become lodged in a vessel and block blood flow; could be composed of a blood clot, parasite, fat, gas bubbles, or clumps of bacteria

globin

protein; the protein portion of hemoglobin and myoglobin

globulin

a class of simple proteins that are insoluble in water

goblin

a mischievous, malicious wandering sprite; an elf

lethargic

drowsy, dull, listless, unenergetic

occlude

to close off or shut

pH

potential hydrogen; scale of 0-14

acidic pH

pH less than 7

neutral pH

pH of 7

basic pH

pH greater than 7

thrombus

a blood clot that forms and adheres to the wall of a blood vessel at its site of formation;

becomes an embolus when it breaks away from the endothelium and circulates in blood

CBC

complete blood count

analysis of all the cellular components of a sample of blood

PMN

polymorphonuclear

diff

differential white blood cell count

TNTC

too numerous to count

TP

total protein

Hb

Hgb

hemoglobin

Hct

hematocrit

PCV

packed cell volume

EDTA

ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid