Combining form #1
Combining form meaning base
bas/o
combining form meaning blood
hem/o or hemat/o
PT
Prothrombin time
Fe
Iron
platelet
a small blood fragment that is necessary for clotting
Combining form meaning cell
cyt/o
combining form meaning same; equal
is/o
RBC
Red blood count
hct
hematocrite
bilirubin
orange-yellow pigment in bile; formed by breakdown of hemoglobin when RBCs are destroyed
Combining form meaning clotting
coagul/o
Combining form meaning to eat, swallo
phag/o
WBC
White blood count
h and h
hemoglobin and hematocrite
erythroblast
an immature red blood cell
combining form meaning red
erythr/o
combining form meaning iron
sider/o
CBC
Complete blood count
WNL
within normal limits
fibrin
protein that forms the basis of a blood clot
Combining form meaning color
chrom/o
Combining form meaning clot
thromb/o
ESR
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
AML
acute myeloid leukemia
globulin
plasma protein