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Med Term Ch. 13
Term | Definition |
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bas/o | base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) |
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 marrow |
neutr/o | neutral (neither base nor acid) |
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 or embryonic cell |
-cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells) |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | giving rise to; producing |
-globin | protein |
-globulin | protein |
-lytic | pertaining to destruction |
-oid | derived or originating from |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phage | eat, swallow |
-philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
-phoresis | carrying, transmission |
-poiesis | formation |
-stasis | stop, control |