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 cells)
-emia
blood condition
-gen
giving rise to ; producing
-globin
protein
-globulin
protein
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-oid
derived or originating from
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
deficiency
-phage
swallow, eat
-philia
attraction for ( an increase in cell numbers)
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-poiesis
formation
-stasis
stop, control
Ab
antibody
ABO
four main blood types - A , B, AB, and O
ALL
acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML
acute myelogenous leukemia
baso
basophils
BMT
bone marrow transplantation
CBC
complete blood count
CLL
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML
chronic myelogenous leukemia
DIC
disseminated intravascular coagulation- bleeding disorder marked by reduction in blood clotting factors due to their use and depletion for intravascular clotting
diff
differential count ( white blood cells)
EBV
Epstein - Barr virus; cause of mononucleosis
eos
eosinophils
ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Fe
iron
Hct
hematocrit
Hgb; HGB
hemoglobin and hematocrit
HLA
human leukocyte antigen
lymphs
lymphocytes
mono
monocyte
PT; pro time
prothrombin time
PTT
partial thromboplastin time
RBC
red blood cell; red blood cell count
sed rate
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
segs
segmented , mature white blood cells ( neutrophils)
WBC
white blood cell; white blood cell count
WNL
within normal limits