Question | Answer |
Adenopathy | Disease of a gland |
Agranulocyte | WBC without granules |
Allergy | Abnormal immune response |
Anemia | Symptom of various diseases |
Antibody | Defends against an antigen |
Autoimmune disease | Failure of the body to distinguish between "self" and "nonself" |
Autologous transfusion | Transfusion prepared from the resipient's own blood |
Basophil | cell taht releases histamines |
Dyspnea | Difficulty breathing |
Edema | Abnormal accumulation of fluids in the intercellular spaces of the body |
Eosinophil | Cell that destroys harmful invaders |
Erythema | redness of the skin |
Erythrocytes | Red blood cells |
Erythropenia | Decreased RBC's |
Exacerbations | Flare-ups |
Granulocyte | WBC containing granules |
Hematocrit | Percentage of RBC's in a whole blood sample |
Hemoatology | Study of blood cells |
Hematoma | Bruise |
Hematopoiesis | Devleopment and maturation of blood cells |
Hemosiderosis | Abnormal increase of iron in the blood |
Heparin | Prevents blood from clotting |
Histamines | Initiate the in flammatory process by increasing blood flow |
Homologous transfusion | Transfusion prepared from another individual's compatible blood |
Hypotension | Low blood pressure |
Immumologist | Specialist in the study of protection |
Leukocytes | White blood cells |
Lymphocyte | cell that produce antibodies |
Lymphoma | tumor of lymph tissue |
Monocyte | cell that digests and has a large nucleus |
Morphology | Study of shape |
Myeloid | resembling bonemarrow/spinal cord |
Neutrophil | most numerous circulating leukocyte |
Phagocytosis | condition of ingesting cells |
Plasma | liquid portion of blood |
Remissions | Latency |
Reticulocyte | immature RBC |
Septicemia | serious, lifethreatening bloodstream infection, blood poisoning |
Spleen | destroys old RBCs |
Splenomegaly | Enlargement of the spleen |
Stem cell | cell responsible for blood cell development |
Thrombocyte | platelet |
Thrombocytopenia | decrease of platelets |
Thrombolysis | destruction of a clot |
Thymectomy | excision/removal of the thymus gland |
Thymus | responsible for cellular immunity |
Titer | measures the amount of antibodies in blood |
Tonsils | masses of lymphatic tissue |
Vertigo | dizziness |
Viscous | Thick, sticky |