Combining forms ch 13

White blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes.

Pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells)

A substance that works against coagulation (blood clotting)

disease of the clotting process

study of cells

White blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for acid dyes; granules turn red (eosin) in the presence of dye.

Deficiency of red blood cells

White blood cell with large, dark staining granules in its cytoplasm

destruction of blood cells

Separation of blood; percentage of red blood cells in a given volume of blood

disease of abnormal hemoglobins (sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia)

Abnormal condition of unequal size of cells (erythrocytes).

cell with multiple large nuclei; immature platelet.

deficiency of white blood cells

WHite blood cell with one large nucleus; an agranulocyte and phagocyte.

Study of shape or form (of blood cells)

bone marrow cell that develops into a myelocyte and then a leucocyte

pertaining to formed in the bone marrow.

deficiency in neutrophils

pertaining to a white blood cell with one large nucleus (monocyte or lymphocyte)

pertaining to a white blood cell with a multilobed nucleus. (neutrophil)

cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms

irregularity in the shape of red blood cells

deficiency in iron in serum.

condition (abnormal) in which erythrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shape.

deficiency of clotting cells

Removal of plasma from the rest of the blood by mechanical means (centrifuge)

Removal of white blood cells from the rest of the blood by centrifugation

removal of platelets from the rest of the blood by centrifugation.

immature white blood cell (monocyte)

immature red blood cell

abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of macrocytes (red blood cells that are larger than normal)

abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of microcytes (red blood cells that are smaller than normal)

abnormal condition of white blood cells (increase in numbers of malignant cells)

blood protein in erythrocytes; enables the cell to carry oxygen.

protein (antibody produced by plasma cells) that acts to protect the body by destroying antigens.

treatment that destroys blood clots

derived from bone marrow

abnormal condition of clotting

deficiency of granulocytes (white blood cells)

deficiency of all (blood) cells

large cell (in blood and tissues) that eats (engulfs) other cells; derived from a monocyte

increase in the number of eosinophils

increase in numbers of neutrophils

separation of proteins in a solution by using an electric current (used to separate protein fractions of serum, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid)

formation of blood cells

formation of erythrocytes

formation of bone marrow

stoppage of the flow of blood