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LOM Ch 13 Blood System

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basophil   white blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes  
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hypochromic   pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells)  
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anticoagulant   a substance that works against blood clotting  
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coagulopathy   disease of the clotting process  
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cytology   study of cells  
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eosinophil   white blood cell with dark staining granules in it's cytoplasmk  
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hemolysis   destruction of blood cells  
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hematocrit   separation of blood; percentage of red blood cells in a given volume of blood  
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hemoglobinopathy   disease of abnormal hemoglobins  
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anisocytosis   abnormal condition of unequal size of cells  
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megakaryocyte   cell with multiple large nurclei; immature platelet  
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leukocytopenia   deficiency of white blood cells  
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monocyte   white blood cell with one large nucleus; an agranuloctye and phagocyte  
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morphology   study of shape or form  
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myeloblast   bone marrow cell that develops into a myelocyte and then a leukocyte  
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neutropenia   deficiency in neutrophils  
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polymorphonuclear   pertaining to a white blood cell with a multilobed nucleus  
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phagocyte   cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms  
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poikilocytosis   irregularity in the shape of red blood cells  
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sideropenia   dificiency in iron in seru,m  
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spherocytosis   condition in which erthrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shape  
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thrombocytopenia   deficiency in iron in serum  
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plasmapheresis   removal of plasma from the rest of the blood by mechanical means (centrifuge)  
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leukapheresis   removal of white blood cells from the rest of the blood by centrifugation  
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plateletpheresis   remaoval of platelets from the rest of the blood by centrifugation  
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monoblast   immature whit blood cell (monocyte)  
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Macrocytosis   Aabnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of macroctyes (red blood cells that are larger than normal)  
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microcytosis cells   abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of microcytes (red blood cells that are smaller than normal)  
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leukemia   abnormal condition of white blood cells (increawse in numbers of malignant cells)  
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hemoglobin   blood protein in erythrocytes; enables the cell to carry oxygen  
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immunoglobulin   protein (antibody produced by plasma cells) that acts to protect the body by destroying antigens  
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thrombolytioc therapy   treatment that destroys blood clots  
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myeloid   derived from bone marrow  
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thrombosis   abnormal condition of clotting  
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granulocytopenia   deficiency of granulocytes (wbc)  
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pancytopenia   deficiency of all blood cells  
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macrophage   large cell that eats other cells; derived from a monocyte  
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eosinophilia   increase in numbers of eosinophils  
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neutorphilia   increawse in numbers of neutrophils  
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electrophoresis   separation of proteins in a solution by using an electric current (used to separate protein fractions of serum, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid)  
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hematopoiesis   formation of blood cells  
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erythropoiesis   formation of red blood cells  
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myelopoiesis   formation of bone marrow  
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hemostasis   stoppage of the flow of blood  
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