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Hematology-Devon

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ameboid movement   movement used by leukcytes that permits them to propel themsevles from the capillary into the tissue.  
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anemia   a conditio in which there is a decrase in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood  
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anisocytosis   a variation in the size of red blood cells  
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anticoagulant   a substance that inhabits blood clotting  
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bilirubin   an orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of hem from the hemoglobin molecule  
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diapedeis   the ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes)throught the wall of capillary and out into the tissue  
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hematology   the study of blood and blood forming tissue  
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hemoglobin   the protein and iron containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body  
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hemolysis   the breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma  
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hypochromic   a red cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin  
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leukocytes   an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic mill of blood)  
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leukopenia   an abnormal decrase decrase in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic mill of blood)  
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microcytes   an abnormally small red blood cell  
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macrocytes   an abnormally large blood cytes  
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normochromic   a red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin  
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normocytes   a normal sized red blood cell  
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oxyhemoglobin   hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen  
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phagocytosis   the engulfing and destruction of foregin particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes  
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polycythemia   a disorder i which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass  
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