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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid: resembling a gland
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agglutin/o
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clumping, gluing
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agglutin/ation: process of clumping
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bas/o
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base(alkaline, opposite of acid)
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basophil: attraction to base(alkaline dyes)
phil= attraction for |
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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erythr/o/blast/osis: abnormal increase of embryonic red cells
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chrom/o
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color
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hypo/chrom/ic: under(decrease in) color
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eosin/o
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dawn(rose-colored)
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eosin/o/phil: attraction for rose colored (dye)
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eryth/o
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red
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erythocyte: red cell
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granul/o
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granule
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granulocyte: cell(containing) granules
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hem/o
hemat/o |
blood
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hemophobia: fear of blood
hematoma: blood tumor |
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immun/o
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immune, immunity, safe
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immunology: study of immunity
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kary/o
nucle/o |
white
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karyolysis: destruction of the nucleus
mono/nuclear= pertaining to a single nucleus |
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leuk/o
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white
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leukemia: white blood condition
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland
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lymphadenopathy: disease of lymph nodes
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lymph/o
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lymph
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lymphoid: resembling lymph
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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lymphangioma: tumor (composed of) lymph vessels
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morph/o
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form, shape, structure
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morphology: study of form, shape, and structure
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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myel/o/gen/ic: relating to the origin in bone marrow
gen= forming, producing, origin |
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neutr/o
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neutral, neither
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neutr/o/phil/ic: pertaining to an attraction for neutral dyes
phil: attraction for |
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phag/o
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swallowing, eating
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phagocyte: cell that eats(foreign material)
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plas/o
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formation, growth
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a/plas/tic: pertaining to failure to form
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reticul/o
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net, mesh
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reticulicyte: cell(that contains)a net or meshwork
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ser/o
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Serum
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serology: study of serum
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sider/o
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iron
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sideropenia: deficiency of iron
penia: decrease, deficiency |
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spleen/o
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spleen
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splenorrhagia: busting forth of the spleen
rrhagia: bursting forth |
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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thrombosis: abnormal condition of a blood clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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thymopathy: disease of the thymus gland
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xen/o
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foreign, strange
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xenograft: foreign transportation, also called heterograft
graft: transplantation |
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-blast
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embryonic cell
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erthroblast: embryonic red cell
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-globin
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protein
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hemoglobin: blood protein
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-phil
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attraction for
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neutrophil: attraction for neutral
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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electrophoresis: carrying an electric charge
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-phylaxis
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protection
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anaphylaxis: against protection
ana= against, up, back |
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-poiesis
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formation, production
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hemopoiesis: formation of blood
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-stasis
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standing still
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hemostasis: standing still of blood
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allo-
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other, different from the normal
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allograft: transplantation from another, also called homograft
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aniso-
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unequal, dissimilar
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aniso/cyte/osis: abnormal increase in the cells that are unequal
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iso-
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Same
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isochromic: pertaining to the same color
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macro-
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large
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micro
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small
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mono-
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one
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mononucleosis: abnormal increase of amononuclear cells
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poly-
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many, much
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polymorphic: pertaining to many forms or shapes
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