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
Branch of medicine concerned with the study of cancerous growths (malignancies)
What is oncology?
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 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
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
segs
What is segmented neutrophils
500
Process by which particles are caused to adhere and form into clumps
What is agglutination?
500
Autologous transfusion
What is a procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood?
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