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1
Q

agglutin/o

A

to clump

agglutination

2
Q

aniso-

A

unequal

anisocytosis

3
Q

bas/o

A

base

basophil

4
Q

blast/o, -blast

A

embryonic stage of development

blastocyte

5
Q

chrom/o

A

color

chromophilic

6
Q

coagul/o

A

clotting

coagulation

7
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

cytogenesis

8
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

polycythemia

9
Q

eosin/o

A

red, rosy

eosinophilia

10
Q

erythro/o

A

red

erythrocytopenia

11
Q

-globin

A

containing protein

hemoglobin

12
Q

hem/o

A

blood

hemogram

13
Q

hemat/o

A

blood

hematologist

14
Q

is/o

A

equal

isotonic

15
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus

karyocyte

16
Q

leuk/o

A

white

leukocyte

17
Q

-lytic

A

destruction

hemolytic

18
Q

mono-

A

one

monocytopenia

19
Q

morph/o

A

form shape

morphology

20
Q

myel/o

A

bone marrow or spinal cord

myeloblast

21
Q

-oid

A

resembling

spheroid

22
Q

-osis

A

condition

erythrocytosis

23
Q

-penia

A

decrease in; deficiency

pancytopenia

24
Q

-phage

A

to eat

macrophage

25
Q

phag/o

A

to eat

phagocyte

26
Q

-philia

A

attraction to

hemophilia

27
Q

-phoresis

A

transmission

electrophoresis

28
Q

-poiesis

A

formation

erythroposiesis

29
Q

poikil/o

A

varied; irregular

poikilocytosis

30
Q

sider/o

A

iron

sideroblast

31
Q

spher/o

A

round; sphere

spherocytosis

32
Q

-stasis

A

stopping or controlling

hemostasis

33
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

thrombosis

34
Q

cyt/o, -cyte

A

cell

cytomegalovirus

35
Q

hyper-

A

excessive

hypersplenism

36
Q

immun/o

A

immune, protection

immunodificiency

37
Q

lymph/o

A

lymph

lymphocyte

38
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph gland

lymphadenitis

39
Q

lymphangi/o

A

lymph vessel

lymphangiogram

40
Q

mon/o

A

one

mononucleosis

41
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

Kaposi’s sarcoma