Medical Terminology Chabner Chapter 13 - Blood System

bas/o

base

chrom/o

color

coagul/o

clotting

cyt/o

cell

eosin/o

red, dawn, rosy

erythr/o

red

granul/o

granules

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hemoglobin/o

hemoglobin

is/o

same, equal

kary/o

nucleus

leuk/o

white

mon/o

one, single

morph/o

shape, form

myel/o

bone marow

neutr/o

neutral

nucle/o

nucleus

phag/o

eat, swallow

poikil/o

varied, irregular

sider/o

iron

spher/o

globe, round

thromb/o

clot

-apheresis

removal, a carrying away

-blast

immature cell, embryonic

-cytosis

abnormal condition of cells

-emia

blood condition

-gen

giving rise to; producing

-globin, -globulin

protein

-lytic

pertaining to destruction

-oid

derived or originating from

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-phage

eat, swallow

-philia

attraction for

-phoresis

carrying, transmitting

-stasis

stop, control

CBC

complete blood count

Hct

hematocrit

WBC

white blood cell

CBC

complete blood count

PT

prothrombin time

Hgb

hemoglobin

WNL

within normal limits