Chapter 9 Word elements Flashcards
(41 cards)
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
phag/o
to eat
| phagocyte
26
-philia
attraction to
| hemophilia
27
-phoresis
transmission
| electrophoresis
28
-poiesis
formation
| erythroposiesis
29
poikil/o
varied; irregular
| poikilocytosis
30
sider/o
iron
| sideroblast
31
spher/o
round; sphere
| spherocytosis
32
-stasis
stopping or controlling
| hemostasis
33
thromb/o
clot
| thrombosis
34
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
| cytomegalovirus
35
hyper-
excessive
| hypersplenism
36
immun/o
immune, protection
| immunodificiency
37
lymph/o
lymph
| lymphocyte
38
lymphaden/o
lymph gland
| lymphadenitis
39
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
| lymphangiogram
40
mon/o
one
| mononucleosis
41
sarc/o
flesh
| Kaposi's sarcoma
