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Prefix and Suffixes in Haematology

There are a range of prefixes (word added to the beginning of a word to create a new word with a different meaning) and suffixes (letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to create a new word with a different meaning) that are used in haematology that you will have to learn to appreciate what is being described/referred to when studying the subject. For the prefix and suffix below find the meaning:

a……….

not/without e.g. aplasia

aniso ……

unequal

Cyto …….. cell Dys…..

defective/abnormal

Erythro……. red Leuko……… Myelo……

pertaining to bone marrow

Normo…. Pan….

white

Normal Everything/all

Thrombo ……… of or relating to a blood clot

…..aemia …..a blood condition …….penia …..cytosis

…… cell deficiency/decreased cell number …… raised cell count

……blast

……..an early stage of blood cell differentiation

…… plasia

…… formation

……osis …..poiesis …. stasis

increased cell number production stopping/standing...