Combining Forms
Prefixes/Suffixes
Abbreviations
Medical Terminology
Name that Term
100
hem/o or hemat/o
What is blood?
100
-emia
What is blood condition?
100
RBC
What is red blood cell?
100
White blood cell
What is a leukocyte?
100

study of protection

What is immunology?

200
splen/o
What is spleen?
200
-globin
What is protein?
200
CBC
What is complete blood count?
200
plasma
The fluid portion of the blood is called?
200

Production and development of blood cells, normally in the red bone marrow

What is hematopoiesis?

300
phag/o
What is swallowing, eating?
300
mono
What is one?
300
HCT, Hct, crit
What is hematocrit?
300

standing still of blood....it is a term for blood clotting process

What is hemostasis?

300

Blood disorder characterized by a deficiency of red blood cell production and hemoglobin, increased red blood cell destruction or blood loss.

What is anemia?

400
agglutin/o
What is clumping?
400

-stasis

What is standing still?

400
Hb, Hgb, HGB
What is hemoglobin?
400
Disease of a gland
What is adenopathy?
400

Right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct

What are the two lymphatic ducts?

500
septic/o
What is infection?
500

-aphresis

removal, carry away

500

eosins, eos

What is eosinophils

500

Process by platelets agglutinate or form into clumps (gel together)

What is agglutination?

500
Autologous transfusion
What is a procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood?
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