Chapter 6 Blood, Lymphatic, & Immune Systems

Combining Forms

100

hem/o or hemat/o

What is blood?

200

splen/o

What is spleen?

300

phag/o

What is swallowing, eating?

400

agglutin/o

What is clumping?

500

septic/o

What is infection?

Prefixes/Suffixes

100

-emia

What is blood condition?

200

-globin

What is protein?

300

mono

What is one?

400

-stasis

What is standing still?

500

-aphresis

removal, carry away

Abbreviations

100

RBC

What is red blood cell?

200

CBC

What is complete blood count?

300

HCT, Hct, crit

What is hematocrit?

400

Hb, Hgb, HGB

What is hemoglobin?

500

eosins, eos

What is eosinophils

Medical Terminology

100

White blood cell

What is a leukocyte?

200

plasma

The fluid portion of the blood is called?

300

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

What is hemostasis?

400

Disease of a gland

What is adenopathy?

500

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

What is agglutination?

Name that Term

100

study of protection

What is immunology?

200

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

What is hematopoiesis?

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

Right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct

What are the two lymphatic ducts?

500

Autologous transfusion

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