From Canvas (Medical Terminology) - Unit 7: Blood and the Lymphatic System

agglutin/o

To clump

bas/o

Base

blast/o

Embryonic stage of development; immature cell

chrom/o

Color

coagul/o

Clotting

cyt/o

Cell

eosin/o

Red; rosy

erythr/o

Red

gen/o

To produce; generates

haemo-

Blood

hemat/o

Blood

hemato/o

Blood

hem/o

Blood

hemo/o

Blood

kary/o

Nucleus

leuk/o

White

lymph/o

Lymph

lyt/o

Breaking down; decomposition or destruction

macr/o

Large

megakary/o

Large nucleus

megal/o

Large

micr/o

Small

morph/o

Form; shape

myel/o

Bone marrow; spinal cord

olig/o

Few; scanty

path/o

Disease or disorder

phag/o

To eat; digesting

poikil/o

Varied; irregular

sarc/o

Flesh

septic/o

Infection; sepsis

sider/o

Iron

spher/o

Round; sphere

thromb/o

Clot; blood clot

vascul/o

Vessel

a-

Without; not; no

an-

Without; not; no

aniso-

Unequal

dys-

Bad; difficult; painful

hypo-

Under; below

macro-

Large

mega-

Large

micro-

Small

pan-

All

poly-

Many

-algia

Pain

-blast

Embryo or immature cell; embryonic stage of development

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-crit

Separate

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emia

The abnormal or pathological condition of the blood

-genesis

Production; creation; formation

-globin

Containing protein

-gram

Record or picture

-graphy

Process of recording

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study of; science of

-lysis

Breaking down; decomposition or destruction

-metry

Measuring

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition; abnormal condition

-otomy

Surgical incision

-pathy

Disease or disorder

-penia

Lack of; decrease; deficiency

-phage

To eat

-phagia

Eating; digesting; to eat

-plasty

Surgical repair

-pnea

Breathing

-rrhage

Excessive flow or discharge

-scopy

View with a scope

-stasis

Stopping; controlling