Identify & Define

Identify and define the prefix in each word.

Prefix Meaning of Prefix

1. monocyte ____ ________________
2. pancytopenia ____ ________________
3. prothrombin ____ ________________
4. neoplasm ____ ________________

Identify and define the root in each word.

Root Word Meaning of Root Word
1. myelogenous ____ ________________
2. hemopathy ____ ________________
3. immunization ____ ________________
4. lymphocytic ____ ________________
5. thrombocythemia ____ ________________
6. phlebotomy ____ ________________

Identify and define the suffix in each word.

Suffix Meaning of Suffix
1. cytopenia ____ ________________
2. hemopoiesis ____ ________________
3. polycythemia ____ ________________
4. pediculosis ____ ________________
 Word Analysis
Define each of the following words, and give the meaning of the word parts in each. (You may
use a dictionary if needed, since we are just beginning).

1. Pancytopenia
a. Pan- ________________
b. Cyt/o ________________
c. -penia ________________
d. Definition: ________________

2. myelodysplastic
a. myel/o ________________
b. dys- ________________
c. -plastic ________________
d. Definition: ________________

3. hemorrhage
a. hem/o ________________
b. -rrhage ________________
c. Definition: ________________

4. Thrombotic
a. Thromb/o ________________
b. -tic ________________
c. Definition: ________________

5. septicemia
a. septic/o ________________
b. -emia ________________
c. Definition: ________________

6. Erythrocytosis
a. Eryth/o ________________
b. -cytosis ________________
c. Definition: ________________

7. Myeloid leukemia
a. Myel/o ________________
b. -oid ________________
c. leuk/o ________________
d. -emia ________________
e. Definition: ________________
 Word Building

Write words for the following definitions using the word parts provided. A combining vowel is
included. Each word part can be used more than once.

-penia -blast leuk/o -oid myel/o -ic

-poiesis gen- -emia eryth/o -oma cyt/o

1. Pertaining to a red blood cell ________________

2. An immature white blood cell ________________
3. Pertaining to bone marrow ________________
4. Originating in bone marrow ________________
5. An immature bone marrow cell ________________
6. Neoplastic overgrowth of white cells in the blood ________________
7. Deficiency of white cells in the blood ________________
8. Cancer of bone marrow ________________
9. Formation of red blood cells ________________
10. Pertaining to bone marrow cells ________________
Label this diagram: lymph nodes, lymphatic vessel, spleen, thymus, tonsils