CH 9 Word Parts Only

Plus abbreviations

Aden/o

Gland

Agglutin/o

Clumping, gluing

Blast/o

Immature or embryonic cell

Chrom/o

Color

Erythr/o

Red

Granul/o

Granule

Hem/o

Blood

Hemat/o

Blood

Immun/o

Immune, immunity, safe

Leuk/o

White

Lymph/o

Lymph

Lymphaden/o

Lymph node

Lymphangi/o

Lymph vessel

Morph/o

Shape, form

Myel/o

Bone marrow; also spinal cord, depending on context

Nucle/o

Nucleus

Phag/o

Eat, swallow

Poikil/o

Irregular, varied

Ser/o

Serum

Sider/o

Iron

Splen/o

Spleen

Thromb/o

Clot, thrombus

Thym/o

Thymus gland

-blast

Immature or embryonic cell

-globin

Protein

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-phil

Attraction for

-phylaxis

Protection

-poiesis

Formation, production

-stasis

Standing still; stopping or controlling

Aniso-

Unequal, dissimilar

AB, Ab, ab

Antibody

A, B, AB, O

The four major ABO blood groups, determined by antigens on red blood cells

AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ANA

Antinuclear antibody

APC

Antigen-presenting cell

APTT

Activated partial thromboplastin time; measures part of the clotting process

BMT

Bone marrow transplant

CBC

Complete blood count

CO2

Carbon dioxide

DIC

Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Diff

White blood cell differential count

DVT

Deep vein thrombosis

EBV

Epstein-Barr virus

GVHD

Graft-versus-host disease

Hb, Hgb

Hemoglobin

HHV-8

Human herpesvirus 8; associated with Kaposi sarcoma

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HL

Hodgkin lymphoma

Ig

Immunoglobulin; antibody

IVIG

Intravenous immunoglobulin

KS

Kaposi sarcoma

MNL

Mononuclear leukocyte

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

NHL

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

NK cell

Natural killer cell

O2

Oxygen

PA

Pernicious anemia

PCP

Pneumocystis pneumonia

PMN

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte; commonly refers to a neutrophil

PMNL, poly

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte

PT

Prothrombin time; measures blood-clotting time

PTT

Partial thromboplastin time; also called APTT

RA

Rheumatoid arthritis

RBC, rbc

Red blood cell; erythrocyte

SLE

Systemic lupus erythematosus

WBC, wbc

White blood cell; leukocyte