chapter 9 Flashcards by jessica carden

Aden/o

Adenoid

Gland

Resembling a gland

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Agglutin/o

Agglutination

Clumping, gluing

Process of clumping

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Bas/o

Basophils

Base(alkaline, opposite of acid)

attraction to base (alkaline dyes)

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Blast/o

Erythroblastosis

Embryonic cell

Abnormal increase of embryonic read cells

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Chrom/o

Hypochromic

Color

Under decrease in color

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Eosin/o

Eosinophil

Dawn(rose-colored)

Attraction for rose colored (dye)

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Erythr/o

Erythrocyte

Red

Red cell

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Granul/o

Granulocyte

Granule

Cell containing granules

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Hem/o

hemophobia

Blood

fear of blood

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Hemat/o

Hematoma

Blood

Blood tumor

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Immun/o

Immunology

Immune, immunity, safe

Study of immunity

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Kary/o

Karyolysis

Nucleus

Destructure of the nucleus

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Nucle/o

Mononuclear

Nucleus

Pertaining to a single nucleus

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Leuk/o

Leukemia

White

White blood condition

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Lymphaden/o

Lymphadenopathy

Lymph gland (node)
 Disease of lymph nodes

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Lymph/o

lymphoid

Lymph

Resembling lymph

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Lymphangi/o

Lymphangioma

Lymph Vessel

Tumor composed of lymph vessels

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Morph/o

Morphology

Form, shape, structure

Study of foreign, shape, and structure

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Myel/o

Myelogenic

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Relating to the origin in bone marrow

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Neutr/o

Neutrophilic

Neutral, neither

Pertain to an attraction for neutral dyes

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Phag/o

Phagocyte

Swallowing, eating

Cell that eats foreign material

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Plas/o

aplastic

Formation, growth

Pertain to a failure to form

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Poikil/o

Poikilocyte

Varied, irregularly

Cell that is irregular or varied in shape

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Reticul/o

Reticulocyte

Net, mesh

Cell that contains a net or meshwork

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Ser/o | Serology

Serum | Study of serum

Sider/o | Sideropenia

Iron | Deficiency of iron

Splen/o | Splenorrhagia

Spleen | Bursting forth of the spleen

Thromb/o | Thrombosis

Blood clot | Abnormal condition of a blood clot

Thym/o | Thymopathy

Thymus gland | Disease of the thymus gland

Xen/o | Xenograft

Foreign, strange | Foreign transplantation also called heterograft

Blast | Erythroblast

Embryonic cell | Embryonic red cell

Emia | Anemia

Blood condition | Without blood

Goblin | Hemoglobin

Protein | Blood protein

Graft | Autograft

Transplantation | Self transplant

Osis | Leukocytosis

Abnormal condition | Abnormal Increase in white blood cells

Penia | Erythropenia

Decreased, deficiency | Abnormal decrease in red blood cells

Phil | Neutrophil

attraction for | Attraction for a neutral dye

Phoresis | Electrophoresis

Carrying, transmission | Carrying and electric charge

Phylaxis | Anaphylaxis

Protection | Against protection

Poiesis | Hemopoiesis

Formation, protection | Formation of blood

Stasis | Hemostasis

Standing still | Standing still of blood

A | Amorphic

Without, not | Without a definite form

Allo | Allograft

Different from normal | Transplantation from another also called homograft

Aniso | Anisocytosis

Unequal,similar | Abnormal increase in cells that are on equal

Iso | Isochromic

Same, equal | Pertaining to the same color

Macro | Macrocyte

Large | Large red cells

Micro | Microcyte

Small | Small red cell

Mono | Mononucleosis

One | abnormal increase of mononuclear cell

Poly | Polymorphic

Many, much | Pertaining to many forms or shapes

AB, Ab, ab

antibody

A, B, AB, O

blood types in ABO blood group

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALL

acute lymphocytic leukemia

AML

acute myelogenous leukemia

ANA

antinuclear antibody

APC

antigen- presenting cell

APTT

activated partial thromboplastin time

BMT

bone marrow transplant

CBC

complete blood count

CLL

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

CML

chronic myelogenous leukemia

DIC

disseminated intravascular coagulation

diff

differential count (white blood cells)

DVT

deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis

EBV

Epstein- Barr virus

GVHD

graft-versus host disease

eos

eosinophil (type of white blood cell)

Hb, Hgh

hemoglobin

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

Igs

immunoglobulins

MNL

mononuclear leukocytes

NK cell

natural killer cell

PCP

pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician

PMN

polymorphonuclear

PMNL, poly

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

prothrombin time, physical therapy

PTT

partial thromboplastin time

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis

RBC, rbc

red blood cell

segs

segmented neutrophils

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

WBC, wbc

white blood cell