BLJ MED. TERMINOLOGY CH. 13 & 14 PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 BAS/O | BASE (ALKALINE, THE OPPOSITE OF ACID) |
| CHROM/O | COLOR |
| COAGUL/O | CLOTTING |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| EOSIN/O | RED, DAWN, ROSY |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| GRANUL/O | GRANULES |
| HEM/O | BLOOD |
| HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
| HEMOGLOBIN/O | HEMOGLOBIN |
| IS/O | SAME, EQUAL |
| KARY/O | NUCLEUS |
| LEUK/O | WHITE |
| MON/O | ONE, SINGLE |
| MORPH/O | SHAPE, FORM |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW |
| NEUTR/O | NEUTRAL (NEITHER BASE NOR ACID) |
| NUCLE/O | NUCLEUS |
| PHAG/O | EAT, SWALLOW |
| POIKIL/O | VARIED, IRREGULAR |
| SIDER/O | IRON |
| SPHER/O | GLOBE, ROUND |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| -APHERESIS | REMOVAL, A CARRYING AWAY |
| -BLAST | IMMATURE CELL, EMBRYONIC |
| -CYTOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF CELLS (INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS) |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -GLOBIN | PROTEIN |
| -GLOBULIN | PROTEIN |
| -LYTIC | PERTAINING TO DESTRUCTION |
| -OID | DERIVED FROM |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| -PHAGE | EAT, SWALLOW |
| -PHILIA | ATTRACTION FOR (AN INCREASE IN CELL NUMBERS) |
| -PHORESIS | CARRYING, TRANSMISSION |
| -POIESIS | FORMATION |
| -STASIS | STOP, CONTROL |
| -PHIL | ATTRACTION TO |
| -CRIT | MEANS TO SEPARATE |
| IMMUN/O | PROTECTION |
| LYMPH/O | LYMPH |
| SPLEN/O | SPLEEN |
| THYM/O | THYMUS GLAND |
| TOX/O | POISON |
| ANA- | AGAIN, ANEW |
| INTER- | BETWEEN |
| -STITIAL | PERTAINING TO STANDING OR POSITIONED |
| TOXIN | POISON |
| PHYLAXIS | PROTECTION |
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