Blood Suffixes

• -apheresis - removal
• -crit - seperation of
• -cytic - pertaining to cells
• -cytosis - more than normal number of cells
• -emia - blood condition
• -globin - protein
• -oid - resembling
• -penia - abnormal decrease
• -phil - attracted to
• -philia - condition of being attracted to
• -philic - pertaining to being attracted to
• -plastic - pertaining to formation
• -plastin - formation
• -poiesis - formation
• -rrhagic - pertaining to abnormal flow
• -stasis - standing still