medical terminology 2c
Terms
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blas/o
-blast -
germ or bud
erythroblastemia
megaloblast -
chrom/o
chromat/o -
color
chromic
hemochromatosis - chyl/o
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juice
chylemia -
hem/o
hemat/o -
blood
hemostat
hemotopoiesis - immun/o
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safe
immunology - lymph/o
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clear fluid
lymphogenous - morph/o
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form
morphologic - myel/o
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bone marrow (spinal cord)
myelogenous - phag/o
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eat or swallow
phagocytosis - plas/o
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formation
aplastic - reticul/o
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a net
reticulocyte - splen/o
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spleen
splenomegaly - thromb/o
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clot
thrombocyte - thym/o
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thymus gland
thymic - plasma
- liquid portion of the blood and lymph containing water, proteins, salts, nutrients, hormones, vitamins, cellular components
- serum
- liquid portion of the blood left after the clotting process
- erythrocyte
- red blood cell that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide within the bloodstream
- hemoglobin
- protein-iron compound contained in the erythrocyte that has bonding capabilities for the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide
- leukocyte
- white blood cell that protects the body from invasion of harmful substances
- granulocytes
- a group of leukocytes containing granules in their cytoplasm
- neutrophil
- a granular leukocyte, named for the neutral stain of its granules that fights infection by swallowing bacteria
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polymorphonuclear leukocyte
PMN - neutrophil, named for the many segments present in its nucleus
- band
- an immature neutrophil
- eosinophil
- a granular leukocyte, named for the rose-color stain of its granules, that increases with allergy and some infections
- basophil
- a granular leukocyte, named for the dark stain of its granules, that brings anticoagulant substances to inflamed tissues
- agranulocytes
- a group of leukocytes without granules in their nucleus
- lymphocyte
- an agranulocytic leukocyte that is active in the process of immunity: T, B, NK, K
- monocyte
- an agranulocytic leukocyte that performs phagocytosis to fight infection
- platelets
- thrombocytes, cell fragments in the blood essential for blood clotting (coagulation)
- thymus
- the primary gland of the lymphatic system, located within the mediastinum, helps maintain the body's immune response by producing T lymphocytes