chapter 6: med terms

coagul/o

clotting

cyt/o

cell

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immune

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

morph/o

shape

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

phag/o

eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

septic/o

infection

speln/o

spleen

tonsill/o

tonsill

-cytic

pertaining to cells

-cytosis

more than the normal number of cells

-emia

blood condition

-edema

swelling

-globin

protein

-oid

resembling

-penia

abnormal decrease, too few

-phage

to eat

-poiesis

for matron

-rrhagic

pertaining to abnormal flow

-stasis

standing still

-toxic

poison

adenoiditis

inflammation of adenoids

antihistamines

controls allergic symptoms

anemia

less blood cells= less oxygen reahc tissue

axillary

pertaining to armpit

coagulate

blood converts from liquid; to get to soild

erythrocyte

red blood cells

hemoglobin

test to measure

hemolytic

blood destruction

hemostasis

blood clotting process; stop blood flow

hematology

study of blood diseases

hematoma

tumor of blood (bruise)

hemorrhage

bleeding, blood flowing out vessel

hyperlipidemia

too high level of lipids (cholesterol in blood)

immunology

specializing in lymphatic immune

inguinal

pertaining to groin

leukocyte

White blood cells, which protect the body against disease

Leukopenia

Abnormally low white blood cell count

lymphedema

swelling due to an abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within the tissues

lymphatic

pertaining to lymph

pathology

study of disease

septicemia

infection in the blood

Splenomagly

enlargement of the spleen

thrombocytosis

condition of having too many platelets

tonsillar

pertaining to the tonsils

urticaria

hives; an eruption of wheals on the skin accompanied by itching

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

CBC

complete blood count

ESR

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Hct

hematocrit

Hgb

hemoglobin

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

PT

prothrombin time

RBC

red blood cell

WBC

white blood cell