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Bonewit Chapt 18
Hematology
Term | Definition |
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ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues |
anemia | a condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood |
anisocytosis | a variation in the size of red blood cells |
anticoagulant | a substance that inhibits blood clotting |
bilirubin | an orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule |
diapedesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells through the wall of a cappilarru |