-poiesis
Suffix meaning production, formation, or creation.
Medical Terminology
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Suffix meaning production, formation, or creation.
Combining form meaning blood.
The production of blood cells. Hemato- = blood, -poiesis = production.
Suffix meaning bursting forth.
Bursting of blood, or bleeding. Hemo- = blood, -rrhage = bursting forth.
Suffix meaning study of.
The study of blood.
Means balance, stability, or to stop.
The process of stopping blood flow.
Combining form meaning red.
Suffix meaning cell.
Prefix meaning without.
Suffix meaning blood (condition of).
Literally "without blood." A deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin.
Combining form meaning white.
White blood cell without granules. Includes monocytes and lymphocytes. A- = without.
White blood cell with granules. Includes neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils.
Large bone marrow cell from which thrombocytes (platelets) are fragments.
Suffix meaning lack or deficiency.
Low platelet count. Thrombo = platelets, cyto = cell, penia = deficiency.
Excess platelets.
Disorder of platelet function.
A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and returns carbon dioxide to the lungs. Hem/o = blood, -globin = protein. Low hemoglobin indicates anemia.
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