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Body Fluids and Lymph

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CA   Cancer  
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CBC   Complete Blood Count  
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C&S   Culture and sensitivity  
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diff   differential  
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ESR, SR, sed rate   erythrocyte sedimentation rate  
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HCT, Hct, crit   Hematocrit  
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Hgb, Hb, HGB   hemoglobin count  
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mono   mononucleosis  
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PT, pro-time   prothrombin time  
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RBC   Red blood cell, red blood cell count  
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WBC   white blood cell, white blood cell count  
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The formed elements of blood   erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets aka thrombocytes  
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the liquid portion of blood   plasma  
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the liquid portion of blood after clotting   serum  
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a-   prefix: without  
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an-   prefix: without, no, lack of  
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anti-   prefix: against  
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de-   prefix: away from, down from, remove, reverse  
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extra-   prefix: above; more than normal, in excess  
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hyper-   prefix: above, more than normal, in excess  
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inter-   prefix: between  
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intra-   prefix: within, in  
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mono-   prefix: one  
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poly-   prefix: many  
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pan-   prefix: all  
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-al   suffix adj: pertaining to  
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-ar   suffix adj: pertaining to  
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-ary   suffix, adj: pertaining to  
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-ation   suffix, noun: action, state, condition  
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-cyte   suffix, noun: cell  
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-emia   suffix, noun: blood condition  
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-gen -genesis   suffix: to produce, origin  
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-gram   suffix: record, image, graph  
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-graph   suffix: machine that records or creates an image or graph  
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-graphy   suffix: the process of using an instrument to create a record, image or graph  
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-ia   suffix, noun: condition  
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-itis   suffix: inflammation  
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-logic   suffix: pertaining to the study or science of  
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-logist   suffix: one who studies or specializes in  
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-logy   suffix: the study of  
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-lysis   suffix: desolving, loosening, breaking down, decomposition  
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-oid   suffix: resembling, like  
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-oma   suffix: tumor, mass, growth  
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-osis (in reference to blood)   suffix: increase, more than normal  
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-ous   suffix, adj: possessing, full of  
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-pathy   suffix: disease  
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-penia   suffix: less than normal  
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-phagia -phage   suffix: to eat, swallow suffix: noun, a thing that devours  
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-phylaxis   suffix: protection  
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-plasty -plastic   suffix: surgical repair suffix: pertaining to surgical repair  
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-poiesis   suffix: production  
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-phil   suffix: attraction to  
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-rrhage   suffix: excessive flow;rupture  
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-stasis   suffix: stopping; controlling  
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-therapy   suffix: treatment  
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-tomy   suffix: to cut into, incise  
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-toxic   suffix: pertaining to poison  
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-um (singular)   suffix: -a (plural)  
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-us (singular)   suffix: -i (plural)  
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agglutin/o   clumping  
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angi/o   vessel  
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anis/o   unequal  
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bas/o   chemical base  
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chrom/o   color  
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cyt/o cellul/o   cell  
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erythr/o   red  
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hem/o, hemat/o   blood  
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immun/o   safe, immune  
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coagul/o   clot  
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leuk/o   white  
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lymph/o   lymph  
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hidro/o   sweat  
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lymphangi/o   lymph vessel  
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macr/o   large  
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micr/o   small  
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path/o   disease  
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phag/o   to eat; swallow  
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poikil/o   irregular  
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hydr/o   water  
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morph/o   shape  
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spher/o   round  
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thromb/o   blood clot  
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agglutination   clumping  
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anaphylaxis   extreme allergic reaction  
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anemia   a condition of reduced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red cells in the blood  
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anticoagulant   drug that helps to prevent blood clotting  
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coagulant   drug that helps blood clot  
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dehydration   loss of water  
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hemoglobin   blood protein that carries oxygen  
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anisocytosis   abnormal condition of unequal sized cells  
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hemoblast   immature red blood cell  
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hemolysis hemolytic   1. destruction of blood 2. agent that destroys blood  
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hemorrhage   excessive uncontrolled bleeding  
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hidrosis   abnormal condition of excessive sweating  
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erythrocyte   red blood cell  
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erythrocytosis   abnormal increase in red blood cell production  
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erythrocytopenia erythropenia   abnormal decrease in red blood cells  
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erythropoiesis   red blood cell production  
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extracellular   pertaining to outside a cell  
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hemocyte   blood cell  
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hemoglobinopathy   disease of the blood where the hemoglobin is misshapen.  
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hematocrit   test for determining the percentage of red blood cells, white blood cell & platelets to plasma within a volume of blood  
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hematology   the study blood and its diseases  
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hematologist   specialist in the study of blood and its diseases  
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hematopoiesis hematopoietic hematogenesis   production of blood  
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immunogen   substance or cell the creates an immune response in the body  
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immune   protected against  
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immunity   having protection against  
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immunization immunotherapy vaccination   a shot or vaccination that creates an immune response to produce immunity  
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immunology   the study of the immune system  
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immunological   pertaining to the immune system  
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homeostasis   relative constancy in the internal environment of the body  
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hydrocephalus   accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the vessels and ventricles of the brain  
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hydrochromia   decrease in the color of red blood cells  
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interstitial   pertaining to the spaces between cells and tissue  
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intracellular   within a cell  
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leukemia   cancer of the bone marrow which prevents normal production of blood elements causing anemia  
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leukocytosis   abnormal increase in white blood cell production  
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leukocytopenia leukopenia   abnormal decrease in white blood cell production  
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lymph   body fluid containing white blood cells  
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hyperchromia   excessive color of red blood cells  
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morphology   branch of medicine dealing with structures of organisms  
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mucus   fluid produced by the epithelial membranes to protect and aid in movement  
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mucous   pertaining to mucus  
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pancytopenia   a decrease in all formed elements of blood  
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lymphocyte   type of white blood cell  
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sanguineous   containing blood; pertaining to blood  
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lymphopoiesis   production of lymphocytes  
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macrocyte   abnormal increase in size of cells  
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macrophage   a large white blood cell that eats/engulfs pathogens and other blood debris  
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microcyte   abnormally small cells  
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thrombocytopenia thrombopenia   reduction of clotting factors in blood  
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pathogen   disease producing  
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phagocyte   a cell that eats other cells and debris  
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poikilocytosis   abnormal condition of irregularly shaped cells  
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prophylaxis   the preventing of disease  
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sepsis   invasion of the body by pathogens or their toxins  
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thrombus   a blood clot  
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thrombocyte   blood clotting component of the blood  
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thrombolytic   pertaining to an agent that destroys blood clots  
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thrombogenesis   the production of blood clots  
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mononucleosis   the presence of a large number of monocytes or leukocytes in the blood  
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