Hematology VetMedical Term

Albumin/o

Albumin

Leuko/o

White

Bas/o

Base/ blue

Lip/o

Fat

Bilirubin/o

Bilirubin

Lymph/o

Lymph

Chrom/o

Color

Mon/o

One/Single

Coagul/o

Clotting/Coagulation

Morph/o

Shape/ Form

Cyt/o

Cell

Myel/o

Bone Marrow/Spinal Cord

Eosin/o

Red/ Rosy/ Dawn/ Acid

Neutr/o

Neutrophil/Neutral/Neither

Erythr/o

Red

Nucle/o

Nucleus

Granul/o

Granules

Phag/o

Eat/Swallow

Hem/o

Blood

Phleb/o

Vein

Hemat/o

Blood

Poikil/o

Irregular/Varied

Hemoglobin/o

Hemoglobin

Protein/o

Protein

Home/o

Sameness/Unchanging/Constant

Sider/o

Iron

Is/o

Same/Equal

Spher/o

Round/Globe‐shaped

Kary/o

Nucleus

Thromb/o

Clot

ar

‐ic

‐oid

resembling

‐blast

immature/embryonic

‐osis

abnormal condition

‐cyte

cell

‐pathy

disease condition

‐cytosis

increase in the number of cells

‐penia

deficiency

‐emia

blood condition

‐phage

eat/swallow

‐emic

pertaining to a blood condition

‐phil

attraction for

‐genous

producing

‐philia

increase in the number of cells

‐globin

protein

‐plasia

development/formation/growth

‐globulin

protein

‐poiesis

formation

‐logy

study of

‐rrhage

bursting forth

‐lysis

breakdown/destruction/separation

‐stasis

stopping/controlling

‐lytic

to reduce/destroy/separate/breakdown

‐tomy

incision/process of cutting into

Neutrophilia

Increase in neutrophils

Eosinophilia

Increase in eosinophils

Basophilia

Increase in basophils

Lymphocytosis

Increase in lymphocytes

Monocytosis

Increase in monocytes

Neutropenia

Decrease in neutrophils

Eosinopenia

Decrease in eosinophils

Monocytopenia

Decrease in monocytes

Lymphocytopenia

Decrease in lymphocytes