normo-

Word Origin

a combining form with the meaning “normal, close to the norm,” used in the formation of compound words:

normocyte.

Origin

norm or norm(al) + -o-

Related Words

normocyte
normotensive

normo-a word element meaning 'norm' or 'normal'.

normo-|ˈnɔːməʊ|comb. form of L. norma (see norma) used in several biological and medical words, esp. in physiology, to express the condition of being close to the average in respect of any particular character which varies (often contrasted with hyper- and hypo-). normoˈchromic [Gr. χρῶµ-α colour] a., having the normal amount of hæmoglobin; (of anæmia) characterized by the presence of red blood cells with the normal content of hæmoglobin; ˈnormocyte [-cyte], an erythrocyte which is normal (esp. in size); so normoˈcytic a., of or pertaining to a normocyte; (of anæmia) characterized by the presence of erythrocytes which are normal in size, etc., but reduced in numbers; normoglyˈcæmia (U.S. -ˈemia), a normal concentration of sugar in the blood; so normoglyˈcæmic a., characterized by normoglycæmia; normoˈtensive [hyper-, hypotensive adjs.] a., having, or being, a normal blood pressure; hence as n., one who has such a blood pressure; normoˈthermic a. [Gr. θέρµ-η heat], characterized by or occurring at a normal body temperature; normovoˈlæmia (U.S. -ˈemia) [volume n. + Gr. αἷµα blood], the condition of having a normal volume of circulating blood in the body; so normovoˈlæmic a., characterized by or pertaining to normovolæmia.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 48 The technical terms used are, firstly, ‘hypochromic’, ‘normochromic’ and ‘hyperchromic’, which indicate whether the cells contain an amount of hemoglobin which is less than, equal to, or more than normal.1958Normochromic [see hypochromic a. 1].1974Nature 7 June 551/1 Clinically the disease is characterised by proteinuria, corneal opacities and normochromic anaemia with decreased erythrocyte life span.1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) I. 273/1 The red cells..are spoken of as microcytes, normocytes, and megalocytes, according to their size.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders Blood iii. 49 Hypochromia may be found with microcytes and normocytes.1969W. R. Platt Color Atlas & Textbk. Hematol. ii. 28/1 The erythrocyte (normocyte or red blood cell) measures 6–8 µ in diameter.1911Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 6) 559/2 Normocytic.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 48 The technical terms used are..‘microcytic’, ‘normocytic’ and ‘macrocytic’, which indicate whether the [red] cells are smaller than, equal to, or larger than normal.1971Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. LIX. 427 In 60% of the cases the anemia was of the normocytic normochromic type.1932Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 16) 871/2 Normoglycemia.1961Lancet 16 Sept. 637/2 To maintain normoglycæmia a [diabetic] woman of 81 needed 45 units p.z.i. before the course but only 15 units after it.1973Nature 17 Aug. 447/2 Direct injection of pancreatic islets into the portal vein resulted in normoglycaemia and normal urine volumes in the five rats studied.1933Stedman's Med. Dict. (ed. 12) 733/2 Normoglycemic.1961Diabetes X. 322/1 The ketonuria may..represent the relatively benign normoglycemic ketosis of hunger or starvation which usually responds to increase in the amount of carbohydrate in the diet.1969Hormone & Metabol. Res. I. 266 (heading) Insulin levels during pregnancy or obesity in normoglycemic women with a positive history of diabetes mellitus.1941Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 19) 982/1 Normotensive, marked by normal blood pressure.1948Federation Proc. VII. 41/2 (heading) The immediate pressor effect of desoxycorticosterone acetate in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.1953Lancet 12 Sept. 541/2 None of the other normotensives exceeded 0·9 ml. per minute.Ibid. 543/2 Ten normotensive women.1962Ibid. 26 May 1092/1 Possible sources of irregularity in the distribution of blood-pressure include..the observer's subconscious distinction between normotensive and hypertensive levels of pressure.1972Aerospace Med. XLIII. 1225 (heading) Effect of hydrochlorothiazide on + G_z tolerance in normotensives.1959Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. CIX. 721 (heading) Normothermic perfusion and replantation of the excised dog kidney.1960Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CXCIX. 163/1 The heart was cooled while maintaining the rest of the body normothermic.1974Nature 22 Feb. 568/2 Obviously the destruction of cells by growth of virus may also be different in hypothermic and normothermic conditions.1925Normovolemia [see hypervolæmia s.v. hyper- IV].1966Ann. Surg. CLXIV. 51 (heading) Effects of adrenergic blocking agents on renal blood flow in normovolemia and experimental hypovolemia.1947Acta Cardiologica II. 134 This method..permitted comparisons of sequential cardiovascular changes which occurred in the same animal during oligemic shock and normovolemic shock (i.e., shock with essentially normal blood volume).1966Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CCXI. 878/1 Normovolemic anemia was produced by removing from a femoral artery 40 ml/kg blood while infusing an equal volume of 6% dextran in saline into a femoral vein.

normo- /ˈnɔ:məʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: Latin norma: see -o-.

Chiefly Biology & Medicine. Normal; close to the average in respect of a variable character (freq. contrasted with hyper- and hypo-).

DERIVATIVE normoblast noun (a)^†a normocyte; (b) a bone marrow cell which loses its nucleus to become a normocyte: L19.
normoˈblastic adjective of or pertaining to a normoblast or normoblasts E20.
normoˈchromic adjective characterized by or designating red blood cells with the normal content of haemoglobin M20.
normocyte noun an erythrocyte which is normal (esp. in size) E20.
normoˈcytic adjective of or pertaining to a normocyte; (of anaemia) characterized by the presence of erythrocytes of the normal size: E20.
normoglyˈcaemia, *-cemia noun a normal concentration of sugar in the blood M20.
normoglyˈcaemic, *-cemic adjective characterized by normoglycaemia M20.
normoˈtensive adjective & noun (a) adjective having or designating a normal blood pressure; (b) noun a person who has a normal blood pressure: M20.
normoˈthermic adjective characterized by or occurring at a normal body temperature M20.
normovoˈlaemia, *-lemia noun the condition of having a normal volume of circulating blood in the body E20.
normovoˈlaemic, *-lemic adjective characterized by or pertaining to normovolaemia M20.

normo-

combining form normal, as in normocyte, normotensive.

[< Latin nōrma rule, pattern]

normo-
— see norm-

normo-

Prefix

Used to form terms, especially in biology, referring to a normal (standard) level of something, as opposed to corresponding terms beginning with hyper- and hypo-.

Derived terms

normoactive

normobaric

normoblast

normoblastic

normoblastosis

normocalcaemia, normocalcemia

normocalcaemic, normocalcemic

normocapnia

normocapnic

normocephalic

normocholesterolemia, normocholesterolaemia

normocholesterolemic, normocholesterolaemic

normochromasia

normochromatic

normochromia

normochromic

normocrinic

normocyte

normocytic

normocytosis

normoerythrocyte

normoglycaemia, normoglycemia

normoglycaemic, normoglycemic

normokalaemia, normokalemia

normokalaemic, normokalemic

normolipidemic

normo-orthocytosis

normophilia

normophiliac

normoplasia

normoskeocytosis

normospermatogenic sterility

normospermia

normospermic

normosthenuria

normotension

normotensive

normothermia

normothermic

normotonia

normotonic

normotopia

normotopic

normotriglyceridemic abetalipoproteinaemia, normotriglyceridemic abetalipoproteinemia

normotrophic

normouricemia

normouricemic

normouricuric

normovolaemia, normovolemia

normovolaemic, normovolemic

normoxia

normoxic

词汇	normo-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com Macquarie OED SOED WBD Webster Wiktionary normo- Word Origin 1 a combining form with the meaning “normal, close to the norm,” used in the formation of compound words: normocyte. Origin norm or norm(al) + -o- Related Words normocyte normotensive normo-a word element meaning 'norm' or 'normal'. normo-\|ˈnɔːməʊ\|comb. form of L. norma (see norma) used in several biological and medical words, esp. in physiology, to express the condition of being close to the average in respect of any particular character which varies (often contrasted with hyper- and hypo-). normoˈchromic [Gr. χρῶµ-α colour] a., having the normal amount of hæmoglobin; (of anæmia) characterized by the presence of red blood cells with the normal content of hæmoglobin; ˈnormocyte [-cyte], an erythrocyte which is normal (esp. in size); so normoˈcytic a., of or pertaining to a normocyte; (of anæmia) characterized by the presence of erythrocytes which are normal in size, etc., but reduced in numbers; normoglyˈcæmia (U.S. -ˈemia), a normal concentration of sugar in the blood; so normoglyˈcæmic a., characterized by normoglycæmia; normoˈtensive [hyper-, hypotensive adjs.] a., having, or being, a normal blood pressure; hence as n., one who has such a blood pressure; normoˈthermic a. [Gr. θέρµ-η heat], characterized by or occurring at a normal body temperature; normovoˈlæmia (U.S. -ˈemia) [volume n. + Gr. αἷµα blood], the condition of having a normal volume of circulating blood in the body; so normovoˈlæmic a., characterized by or pertaining to normovolæmia.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 48 The technical terms used are, firstly, ‘hypochromic’, ‘normochromic’ and ‘hyperchromic’, which indicate whether the cells contain an amount of hemoglobin which is less than, equal to, or more than normal.1958Normochromic [see hypochromic a. 1].1974Nature 7 June 551/1 Clinically the disease is characterised by proteinuria, corneal opacities and normochromic anaemia with decreased erythrocyte life span.1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) I. 273/1 The red cells..are spoken of as microcytes, normocytes, and megalocytes, according to their size.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders Blood iii. 49 Hypochromia may be found with microcytes and normocytes.1969W. R. Platt Color Atlas & Textbk. Hematol. ii. 28/1 The erythrocyte (normocyte or red blood cell) measures 6–8 µ in diameter.1911Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 6) 559/2 Normocytic.1935Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 48 The technical terms used are..‘microcytic’, ‘normocytic’ and ‘macrocytic’, which indicate whether the [red] cells are smaller than, equal to, or larger than normal.1971Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. LIX. 427 In 60% of the cases the anemia was of the normocytic normochromic type.1932Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 16) 871/2 Normoglycemia.1961Lancet 16 Sept. 637/2 To maintain normoglycæmia a [diabetic] woman of 81 needed 45 units p.z.i. before the course but only 15 units after it.1973Nature 17 Aug. 447/2 Direct injection of pancreatic islets into the portal vein resulted in normoglycaemia and normal urine volumes in the five rats studied.1933Stedman's Med. Dict. (ed. 12) 733/2 Normoglycemic.1961Diabetes X. 322/1 The ketonuria may..represent the relatively benign normoglycemic ketosis of hunger or starvation which usually responds to increase in the amount of carbohydrate in the diet.1969Hormone & Metabol. Res. I. 266 (heading) Insulin levels during pregnancy or obesity in normoglycemic women with a positive history of diabetes mellitus.1941Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 19) 982/1 Normotensive, marked by normal blood pressure.1948Federation Proc. VII. 41/2 (heading) The immediate pressor effect of desoxycorticosterone acetate in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.1953Lancet 12 Sept. 541/2 None of the other normotensives exceeded 0·9 ml. per minute.Ibid. 543/2 Ten normotensive women.1962Ibid. 26 May 1092/1 Possible sources of irregularity in the distribution of blood-pressure include..the observer's subconscious distinction between normotensive and hypertensive levels of pressure.1972Aerospace Med. XLIII. 1225 (heading) Effect of hydrochlorothiazide on + G_z tolerance in normotensives.1959Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. CIX. 721 (heading) Normothermic perfusion and replantation of the excised dog kidney.1960Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CXCIX. 163/1 The heart was cooled while maintaining the rest of the body normothermic.1974Nature 22 Feb. 568/2 Obviously the destruction of cells by growth of virus may also be different in hypothermic and normothermic conditions.1925Normovolemia [see hypervolæmia s.v. hyper- IV].1966Ann. Surg. CLXIV. 51 (heading) Effects of adrenergic blocking agents on renal blood flow in normovolemia and experimental hypovolemia.1947Acta Cardiologica II. 134 This method..permitted comparisons of sequential cardiovascular changes which occurred in the same animal during oligemic shock and normovolemic shock (i.e., shock with essentially normal blood volume).1966Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CCXI. 878/1 Normovolemic anemia was produced by removing from a femoral artery 40 ml/kg blood while infusing an equal volume of 6% dextran in saline into a femoral vein. normo- /ˈnɔ:məʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: Latin norma: see -o-. Chiefly Biology & Medicine. Normal; close to the average in respect of a variable character (freq. contrasted with hyper- and hypo-). DERIVATIVE normoblast noun (a)^†a normocyte; (b) a bone marrow cell which loses its nucleus to become a normocyte: L19. normoˈblastic adjective of or pertaining to a normoblast or normoblasts E20. normoˈchromic adjective characterized by or designating red blood cells with the normal content of haemoglobin M20. normocyte noun an erythrocyte which is normal (esp. in size) E20. normoˈcytic adjective of or pertaining to a normocyte; (of anaemia) characterized by the presence of erythrocytes of the normal size: E20. normoglyˈcaemia, -cemia noun a normal concentration of sugar in the blood M20. normoglyˈcaemic, -cemic adjective characterized by normoglycaemia M20. normoˈtensive adjective & noun (a) adjective having or designating a normal blood pressure; (b) noun a person who has a normal blood pressure: M20. normoˈthermic adjective characterized by or occurring at a normal body temperature M20. normovoˈlaemia, -lemia noun the condition of having a normal volume of circulating blood in the body E20. normovoˈlaemic, -lemic adjective characterized by or pertaining to normovolaemia M20. normo- combining form normal, as in normocyte, normotensive. [< Latin nōrma rule, pattern] normo- — see norm- normo- Prefix Used to form terms, especially in biology, referring to a normal (standard) level of something, as opposed to corresponding terms beginning with hyper- and hypo-. Derived terms normoactive normobaric normoblast normoblastic normoblastosis normocalcaemia, normocalcemia normocalcaemic, normocalcemic normocapnia normocapnic normocephalic normocholesterolemia, normocholesterolaemia normocholesterolemic, normocholesterolaemic normochromasia normochromatic normochromia normochromic normocrinic normocyte normocytic normocytosis normoerythrocyte normoglycaemia, normoglycemia normoglycaemic, normoglycemic normokalaemia, normokalemia normokalaemic, normokalemic normolipidemic normo-orthocytosis normophilia normophiliac normoplasia normoskeocytosis normospermatogenic sterility normospermia normospermic normosthenuria normotension normotensive normothermia normothermic normotonia normotonic normotopia normotopic normotriglyceridemic abetalipoproteinaemia, normotriglyceridemic abetalipoproteinemia normotrophic normouricemia normouricemic normouricuric normovolaemia, normovolemia normovolaemic, normovolemic normoxia normoxic
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