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LOM Ch 13 Blood System Set 4
Language of Medicine, 9th Edition, Davi-Ellen Chabner Blood System
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06/11/2010

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-cytosis
Definition
suffix meaning an increase in the number of cells
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anisocytosis
Definition
an abnormality of red blood cells where they are of unequal size
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anis/o
Definition
combined form meaning unequal
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megakaryocyte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definition
cell with large nucleus
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leuk/o
Definition
combined form meaning white
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leukopenia
Definition
deficiency of white blood cells
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mon/o
Definition
combined form meaning one or single
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monocyte
Definition
cell with a single nucleus
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morph/o
Definition
combined form meaning shape or form
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morphology
Definition
study of forms
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myel/o
Definition
combined form meaning bone marrow
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myeloblast
Definition
immature bone marrow cell 
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myelodysplasia
Definition
preleukeic condition in which there is bad formation of bone marrow cells
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neutr/o
Definition
combined form meaning neutral
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neutral
Definition
neither base nor acid
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neutropenia
Definition
deficiency of neutrophils
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nucle/o
Definition
combined form meaning nucleus--"n" word
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polymorphonuclear
Definition
pertaining to many nucleus forms
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phag/o
Definition
combined form meaning eat or swallow
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poikil/o
Definition
combined form meaning varied or irregular
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poikilocytosis
Definition
irregularity in the shape of red blood cells in certain types of anemia
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sider/o
Definition
combined form meaning iron
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sideropenia
Definition
deficiency of iron
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spher/o
Definition
combined form meaning globe or round
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thromb/o
Definition
combined form meaning clot
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spherocytosis
Definition
condition where erythrocytes have a round shape
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thrombocytopenia
Definition
deficiency of clotting cells
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-apheresis
Definition
Suffix meaning removal or a carrying away
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plasmapheresis
Definition
process where plasma is removed from other parts of the blood by a centrifuge
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leukapheresis
Definition
removal of white blood cells from other parts of the blood by a centrifuge
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