Medical Terminology Simplified

3–70 Cyt/o/logy is the study of ____________________.

3–71 Use -cyte(cell) to form words that mean

cell that is red:____________________ / _____ / __________

cell that is white:__________ / _____ / __________

cell that is black:____________________ / _____ / __________

cell that is yellow:____________________ / _____ / __________

3–72 Leuk/o/cyt/o/penia, an abnormal decrease in white blood cells (WBCs),

may be caused by an adverse drug reaction, radiation poisoning, or a path/o/logic/al

condition. The term leuk/o/cyt/o/penia is formed from the

suffix that means decrease or deficiency:____________________

CF that means white:__________ / _____

CF that means cell:__________ / _____

3–73 A deficiency in white blood cell production may be a sign of a

path/o/logic/al condition known as leuk/o/penia or __________ / _____ /

__________ / _____ / ____________________

3–74 The abbreviation for white blood cell is __________.

3–75 The suffix -emiais used in words to mean blood condition.Xanth/emia, an

occurrence of yellow pigment in the blood, literally means yellow

____________________.

3–76 High cholesterol levels may cause small yellow tumors called

____________________ / __________.

3–77 Leuk/emia is a progressive malignant disease of the blood-forming organs. It

is characterized by proliferation and development of immature leuk/o/cytes in the

blood and bone marrow.

Leuk/emia literally means white____________________.

Leuk/o/cytes are ____________________blood cells.

3–78 A disease of unrestrained growth of immature white blood cells is called

__________ / __________.

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cells

erythr/o/cyte

ĕ-RĬTH-rō-sīt

leuk/o/cyte

LOO-kō-sīt

melan/o/cyte

mĕl-ĂN-ō-sīt

xanth/o/cyte

ZĂN-thō-sīt

-penia

leuk/o

cyt/o

leuk/o/cyt/o/penia

loo-kō-sī-tō-PĒ-nē-ă

WBC

blood

xanth/omas

zăn-THŌ-măz

blood

white

leuk/emia

loo-KĒ-mē-ă