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Chapter 10: Blood, Lymph and Immune Systems
Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
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04/18/2011

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Term
aden/o
Definition

gland

 

ex. aden/o/pathy - gland disease

Term
blast/o
Definition

embryonic cell

 

ex. erythr/o/blast/osis - abnormal red colorization condition of the embryonic cell

Term
chrom/o
Definition

color

 

ex. hypo/chrom/ic - pertaining to a decrease color of the object or area

Term
eosin/o
Definition

dawn (rose colored)

 

ex. eosin/o/phil - attraction to dawn (rose colored) object or area

Term
erthyr/o
Definition

red

 

ex. erythr/o/cyte - red blood cell

Term
granul/o
Definition

granule

 

ex. granul/o/cyte - granule cell

Term

hem/o

 

hemat/o

Definition

blood

 

ex. hem/o/lysis - destruction of blood cells

 

ex. hemat/oma - blood tumor

Term
immun/o
Definition

safe

 

ex. immun/o/logist - specialist in the study of immune system

Term

kary/o

 

nucle/o

Definition

nucleus

 

ex. kary/o/lysis - destruction of the nucleus

 

ex. nucle/ar - pertaining to the nucleus

Term
leuk/o
Definition

white

 

ex. leuk/emia - white blood cells

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lymph/o
Definition

lymph

 

ex. lymph/oma - lymph tumor

Term
morph/o
Definition

shape

 

ex. morph/o/logy - study of shape(s)

Term
myel/o
Definition

bone marrow, spinal cord

 

ex. myel/oid - resemebling the bone marrow or spinal cord

Term
phag/o
Definition

swallowing, eating

 

ex. phag/o/cyte - cell that eats/degrades other cells

Term
poikil/o
Definition

varied, irregular

 

ex. poikil/o/cyte - irregular cell

Term
reticul/o
Definition

net, mesh

 

ex. reticul/o/cyte - mesh cell

Term
sider/o
Definition

iron

 

ex. hem/o/sider/osis - abnormal iron condition of the blood

Term
splen/o
Definition

spleen

 

ex. splen/o/megaly - enlargement of the spleen

Term
thromb/o
Definition

blood cot

 

ex. thromb/o/lysis - destruction of blood cot

Term
thym/o
Definition

thymus

 

ex. thym/ectomy - excision or removal of the thymus

Term
-blast
Definition

embryonic cell

 

ex. myel/o/blast - embryonic bone or marrow cell

Term
-emia
Definition

blood condition

 

ex. an/emia - lack of blood

Term
-globin
Definition

protein

 

ex. hem/o/globin - blood protein

Term
-osis
Definition

abnormal condition, abnormal increase (when used with blood cells)

 

ex. erythr/o/cyt/osis - abnormal red colorization condition of the cell(s)

Term
-penia
Definition

decrease, deficiency

 

ex. leuk/o/cyt/o/penia - white blood cell deficiency

Term
-phil
Definition

attraction to (for)

 

ex. eosin/o/phil - attraction to dawn color object or area (rose color)

Term
-phoresis
Definition

brone, carried

 

ex. electr/o/phoresis - electricity carried by the object or area

Term
poiesis
Definition

formation, production

 

ex. hem/o/poiesis - production of blood

Term
-stasis
Definition

standing still

 

ex. hem/o/statis - blood stasis

Term
a-
Definition

without, not

 

ex. a/granul/o/cyte - non-granule cell

Term
aniso-
Definition

unequal, dissimilar

 

ex. aniso/cyt/osis - abnormal dissimilar of the cell(s)

Term
hetero-
Definition

different

 

ex. hetero/phil - attraction to different or opposite

Term
homo-
Definition

same

 

ex. homo/graft - similar organ or object transplant

Term
iso-
Definition

same, equal

 

ex. iso/chrom/ic - pertaining to the same color

Term
macro-
Definition

large

 

ex. macro/cyt/ic - pertaining to a large cell

Term
micro-
Definition

small

 

ex. micro/cyt/osis - abnormal small condition of the cell(s)

Term
mono-
Definition

one

 

ex. mono/cyte - one cell

Term
poly-
Definition

many, much

 

ex. poly/morph/o/nucle/ar - pertaining to the various shape(s) of the nucleus

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