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chapter 8 combining forms etc

  1. append/o
    appendic/o
    appendix
  2. bas/o
    base
  3. hem/o
    hemat/o
    blood
  4. myel/o
    bone marrow
  5. cyt/o
    cell
  6. thromb/o
    • clotting
    • clot
  7. agglutin/o
    clumping
  8. path/o
    disease
  9. phag/o
    • eat
    • swallow
  10. pyr/o
    • fire
    • fever
  11. fibr/o
    fiber
  12. fibrin/o
    fibrous substance
  13. humor/o
    liquid
  14. granul/o
    little grain
  15. lymph/o
    lymphat/o
    lymph
  16. nucle/o
    nucleus
  17. plasm/a
    plasm/o
    plasma
  18. erythr/o
    red
  19. eosin/o
    rosy-colored
  20. immun/o
    • safety
    • protection
  21. home/o
    same
  22. ser/o
    serum
  23. morph/o
    shape
  24. splen/o
    spleen
  25. thym/o
    thymus
  26. tonsill/o
    tonsil
  27. leuk/o
    white
  28. a-
    without
  29. anti-
    against
  30. inter-
    between
  31. mono-
    one
  32. poly-
    many
  33. pro-
    before
  34. -cyte
    cell
  35. -exia
    condition
  36. -gen
    producing
  37. -globin
    protein substance
  38. -in
    substance
  39. -kine
    movement
  40. -leukin
    white substance
  41. -lysis
    breaking down
  42. -osis
    abnormal condition
  43. -phil
    attraction
  44. -poiesis
    formation
  45. -poietin
    forming substance
  46. -siderin
    iron substance
  47. -thrombin
    clotting substance
  48. -ectomy
    • excision
    • resection
  49. A
    B
    AB
    O
    blood types
  50. AIDS
    acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  51. ALL
    acute lymphocytic leukemia
  52. ALPS
    autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
  53. AML
    acute myelogenous leukemia
  54. basos
    basophils
  55. BMP
    basic metabolic panel
  56. BMT
    bone marrow transplant
  57. BUN
    blood urea nitrogen
  58. bx
    biopsy
  59. CBC
    complete blood cell count
  60. Cl
    chloride
  61. CLL
    chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  62. CML
    chronic myelogenous leumkemia
  63. CMP
    comprehensive metabolic panel
  64. CO2
    carbon dioxide
  65. DIC
    disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
  66. Diff
    differential WBC count
  67. EBV
    Epstein-Barr virus
  68. eosins
    eosinophils
  69. ESR
    erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  70. G6PD
    glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase
  71. GVHD
    graft-versus-host disease
  72. Hb
    Hgb
    hemoglobin
  73. Hct
    • hemaotcrit
    • packed-cell volume
  74. HDN
    hemolytic disease of the newborn
  75. HIV
    human immunodeficiency virus
  76. HSC
    hematopoietic stem cell
  77. Ig
    immunoglobulin
  78. K
    potassium
  79. lymphs
    lymphocytes
  80. MCH
    mean corpuscular hemoglobin
  81. MCHC
    mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
  82. Na
    sodium
  83. neuts
    neutrophils
  84. NK
    natural killer cells
  85. PCV
    • packed-cell volume
    • hematocrit
  86. plats
    • platelets
    • thrombocytes
  87. PMNs
    polys
    polymorphonucleocytes
  88. PT
    prothrombin time
  89. PTT
    partial thromboplastin time
  90. RBC
    red blood cell (count)
  91. segs
    segmented neutrophils
  92. SIRS
    systemic immune response syndrome
  93. stabs
    band cells
  94. WBC
    white blood cell (count)
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chapter 8 combining forms etc
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