Prefixes, Stems, and Suffixes Used in the Formation of Hematologic Words

Prefix, Stem, Prefix, Stem,

or Suffix Meaning or Suffix Meaning

a or an without/lack meniscus crescent

aniso unequal meta after
anti against micro small
ante before mono one/single
auto self morpho form/structure/appearance
baso basic/alkaline blue dye multi many
bi or di two myelo marrow
bili bile neo new
blast germ/immature cell neutro neutral
chromo color oid resembling/from
coagulo clotting ology study
crena wrinkled oma tumor
crit separate ortho normal
cryo cold osis increase
cyte or cyto cell pan all
dys difficult/abnormal para next to
emia blood patho or opathy disease
eosin dawn/acidic orge-red dye penia poverty/decrease in cell #
erythro red phago to eat
globin globe/protein phil or phile love of
granulo granule/granular philia increase in cell #
hem or hemat blood plasia formation/growth
hyper greater/increased poiesis making/cell growth
hypo lesser/decreased poikilo variation/irregular
intra within poly many
iso same/equal post after
itis inflammation pre or pro before
karyo nut/nucleus pykno dense
leuk white reticulo netlike
lympho clear rubri red
lysis dissolve/break up sidero or ferr iron
macro large sphero round
mega or megalo large/giant thrombo clot

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