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Medical Terminology
Root Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Illnesses
Anatomy and Physiology
100
Protective substance to a foreign substance
What is an antibody
100
The root word that refers to blood
What is hemat/o
100
-Globin suffix of a protein
What is hemaglobin
100
A bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets
What is Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
100
Transports oxygen
What is an erytrocytes
200
An organism that harbors or nourishes another organism
What is a host
200
A protein
What is -globin
200
-emia suffix of a disorder
What is Anemia
200
Abnormal red blood cell
What is Anemia
200
Also known as platelets
What is a thrombocyte
300
A substance that initiate, inhibits, increases or decreases activity cells
What is a cytokine
300
eating and desiring
What is phag/o
300
-lysis suffix for
What is red blood cell destruction
300
Spasm in blood vessels
What is angiospasm
300
type of leukocytes
What is a basophil
400
Less technical name for a erythrocyte
What is red blood cell
400
from the Latin word capillus
What is capillaries
400
Thromb/o
What is clotting
400
General term for a blood disorder
What is dyscrasia
400
Travels throughout the body and destroy bacteria
What is white blood cells
500
The colorless part of the blood
What is plasma
500
Meaning white
What is leuk/o
500
Vein
What is Phleb/o
500
Discharge of blood
What is hemorrhage
500
Survives on average only 120 days
What is red blood cells