Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Flashcards

Combining Forms in Medical Terminology

• Inguinal: Pertains to the groin (inguin/o).
• Lymphatic: Related to lymph (lymph/o).
• Tonsillar: Concerned with the tonsils (tonsill/o).
• Immunoglobulin: A protein that provides protection (immun/o).
• Splenic: Referring to the spleen (splen/o).
• Thymic: Relates to the thymus gland (thym/o).
• Lymphedema: Swelling caused by lymph accumulation (lymph/o).
• Pathology: The study of diseases (path/o).
• Splenomegaly: Enlarged spleen (splen/o).
• Dyscrasia: An abnormal condition (dys-).
• Hemophilia: A condition where blood cannot clot properly (hem/o).
• Hyperlipidemia: Excessive fats in the blood (lip/o).
• Pancytopenia: Too few blood cells of all types (pan-).
• Septicemia: Blood condition resulting from infection (septic/o).
• Aplastic Anemia: Blood condition characterized by absence of development (aplastic).
• Erythrocytosis: An abnormal condition of increased red blood cells (erythr/o).
• Hypochromicanemia: Blood condition with insufficient color in red blood cells (hypo-).
• Polycythemia Vera: Condition of having many red blood cells (poly-).
• Agranulocyte: A type of white blood cell without granules (granul/o).
• Eosinophil: A white blood cell attracted to rosy red staining (eosin/o).
• Erythrocyte: A red blood cell (erythr/o).
• Granulocyte: A type of cell with granules (granul/o).
• Sanguinous: Pertaining to blood (sanguin/o).
• Hematology: The study of blood (hemat/o).
• Hematoma: A growth or mass of blood outside of blood vessels (hemat/o).
• Hemorrhage: Abnormal flow of blood (hem/o).
• Anemia: A condition of having insufficient blood (an-).
• Erythropenia: Too few red blood cells (erthr/o).
• Hypochromic: Related to insufficient color in blood (hypo-).
• Pernicious Anemia: A specific type of anemia characterized by insufficient red blood cells (an-).
• Leukocytosis: An increase in white blood cells (leuk/o).
• Hemolytic: Relating to the destruction of blood (hem/o).
• Thrombopenia: Too few blood clots (thromb/o).
• Hematocrit: The separation of blood components (hemat/o).
• Hemoglobin: The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen (hem/o).
• Morphology: The study of shapes, particularly in biological forms (morph/o).
• Phlebotomy: The practice of cutting into veins (phleb/o).
• Transfusion: Pouring blood from one individual to another (trans-).
• Plasmapheresis: The removal of blood plasma (apheresis).
• Antihemorrhagic: Against abnormal blood flow (ant-).
• Thrombolytic: Pertaining to the dissolution of blood clots (thromb/o).