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TEMINOLOGY BLOOD SYSTEM

COMBINING

FORM

MEANING TERMINOLOGY MEANING

bas/o base, the opposite

to acid

basophil

chrom/o color hypochromic

coagul/o clotting anticoagulant

coagulopathy

cyt/o cell cytology

eosin/o red, dawn, rosy eosinophil

erythr/o red erythroblast

granul/o granules granulocyte

hem/o blood hemolysishemat/o blood hematocrit

hemoglobin/o hemoglobin hemoglobinopathy

is/o same, equal anisocytosis

kary/o nucleus megakaryocyte

leuk/o white leucopenia

mon/o one, single monocyte

morph/o shape, form morphology

myel/o bone marrow myeloblast

myelodysplasia

neutr/o neutral neutropenia

nucle/o nucleus polymorphonuclearphag/o eat, swallow phagocyte

poikil/o varied, irregular poikilocytosis

sider/o iron sideropenia

spher/o globe, round spherocytosis

thromb/o clot thrombocytopenia

COMBINING

FORM

MEANING TERMINOLOGY MEANING 

-apheresis removal, a carrying

away

plasmapheresis

leukapharesis

plateletpheresis

-blast immature cell,

embryonic

monoblast

-cytosis abnormal condition

of cells

macrocytosis

microcytosis

-emia blood condition leukemia

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-globin protein hemoglobin

-globulin immunoglobulin

-lytic pertaining to

destruction

thrombolytic therapy

-oid derived from myeloid

-osis abnormal condition thrombosis-penia deficiency granulocytopenia

pancytopenia

-phage eat, swallow macrophage

-philia attraction for eosinophilia

neutrophilia

-phoresis carrying,

transmission

electrophoresis

-poiesis formation hematopoiesis

erythropoiesis

myelopoiesis

-stasis stop, control hemostasisCOMBINING

FORM

MEANING TERMINOLOGY MEANING 

Immun/o Protection Autoimmune disease

Immunoglobulin

Immunosuppression

Lymph/o Lymph Lymphopoiesis

Lymphedema

Lymphocytopenia

Lymphoid

Lymphaden/o Lymph node Lymphadenopathy

LymphadenitisSplen/o Spleen Splenomegaly

Splenectomy

Asplenia

Hypersplenism

Thym/o Thymus gland Thymoma

Thymectomy

Tox/o Poison Toxic

PREFIXES MEANING TERMINOLOGY MEANING 

Ana- Again, new Anaphylaxis

Inter- Between Interstitial fluid

ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS DESCRIPTION

Ab antibody

ABMT autologous bone marrow transplantation

ABO four main blood types – A, B, AB and O

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ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia

AML acute myelogenous leukemia

ANC absolute neutrophil count

ASCT autologous stem cell transplantation

baso basophils

BMT bone marrow transplantationCBC complete blood count

CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia

CML chronic myelogenous leukemia

DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation

diff differential count

EBV Epstein Barr Virus

eos eosinophils

EPO erythropoietin

ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Fe iron

GVHD graft versus host diseaseHct hematocrit

Hgb, HGB hemoglobin

H and H hemoglobin and hematocrit

HLA human leukocyte antigen

Ig immunoglobulins

MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin

MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

MCV mean corpuscular volume

mm3 cubic millimeter

mono monocyte

PT prothrombin timePTT partial prothrombin time

RBC red blood cell

sed rate erythrocyte sedimentation rate

WBC white blood cell

WNL within normal limits