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  1. -emia*, - hemia
    condition of blood

    * a shortened form of the root hem plus the suffix -ia
  2. -penia
    decrease in, deficiency of
  3. -poiesis
    formation, production
  4. myel/o
    bone marrow
  5. hem/o, hemat/o
    blood
  6. erythr/o, erythrocyt/o
    red blood cell
  7. leuk/o, leukocyt/o
    white blood cell
  8. lymph/o, lymphocyt/o
    lymphocyte
  9. thromb/o
    blood clot
  10. thrombocyt/o
    platelet, thrombocyte
  11. immun/o
    immunity, immune system
  12. azot/o
    nitrogenous compounds
  13. calc/i
    calcium (symbol Ca)
  14. ferr/o, ferr/i
    iron ( symbol Fe)
  15. sider/o
    iron
  16. kali
    potassium (symbol K)
  17. natri
    sodium ( symbol Na)
  18. ox/y
    oxygen(symbol O)
  19. Red blood cell count
    RBC
  20. white-blood-cell count
    WBC
  21. differential count
    diff
  22. hematocrit
    Ht, Hct, crit
  23. packed cell volume
    PCV
  24. Hemoglobin
    Hb, Hgb
  25. mean corpuscular hemoglobin
    MCH
  26. mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
    MCHC
  27. erthrocyte sedimentation rate
    ESR
  28. complete blood count
    CBC
  29. Activated partial thromboplastin time
    APTT
  30. bleeding time
    bt
  31. partial thromboplastin time
    PTT, Pro Time
  32. thrombin time ( thrombin clotting time)
    TT(TCT)
  33. Ab
    Antibody
  34. Ag
    Antigen
  35. AIDS
    Acquired immunodeficiency syndrom
  36. ALL
    Acute lymphoblastic ( lymphocytic) leukemia
  37. AML
    acute myeloblastic ( myelogenous) leukemia
  38. APITT
    activated partial thromboplastin time
  39. CLL
    chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  40. CML
    chronic myelogenous leukemia
  41. crit
    hematocrit
  42. DIC
    disseminated intravascular coagulation
  43. EBV
    Epstein-Barr virus
  44. ELISA
    Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  45. EPO
    erthropoietin
  46. ESR
    erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  47. FFP
    fresh frozen plasma
  48. Hct, Ht
    hematocrit
  49. HDN
    hemolytic disease of the newborn
  50. HIV
    Human immunodeficiency virus
  51. IF
    intrinsic factor
  52. Ig
    immunoglobulin
  53. ITP
    idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  54. lytes
    electrolytes
  55. mcL
    microlitre
  56. MCV
    mean corpuscular volume
  57. MDS
    myelodysplastic syndrome
  58. mEq
    milliequivalent
  59. NHL
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  60. PCV
    packed cell volume
  61. pH
    scale for measuring hydrogen ion concentration ( acidity or alkalinity)
  62. Ph
    Philadelphia chromosome
  63. PMN
    polymorphonuclear ( neutrophil)
  64. poly
    neutrophil
  65. polymorph
    neutrophil
  66. PT
    pro time; prothrombin time
  67. PTT
    partial thromboplastin time
  68. seg
    neutrophil
  69. SLE
    systemic lupus erthematosus
  70. T(C)T
    thrombin ( clotting) time
  71. TTP
    thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
  72. vWF
    von Willebrand factor
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jenved
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