Chapter 13 Word Scramble
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Hemophilia: | Excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of blood clotting factors (factor VIII orIX) necessary for blood clotting. |
Purpura: | Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin. ((Hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membrane crews red purple discoloration of the skin.) |
Leukemia: | Increase in cancerous white blood cells (leukocytes). |
Acute myelogenous leukemia: | Immature granulocytes (myeloblasts) leukemia (AML) predominate. |
Acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL): | Immature lymphocytes (lymphoblasts) predominate. This form is seen most often in children and adolescents onset is sudden. |
Chronic myelogenous (myelocytic) leukemia (CML): | Both mature and immature granulocytes are present in large numbers in the marrow in the blood. |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): | Abnormal numbers of relatively mature lymphocytes predominate in the marrow, Nick knows and spleen. |
Mononucleosis: | Infectious disease marked by increased numbers of mononuclear leukocytes in a large cervical lymph nodes. (This disease is transmitted by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). |
Multiple myeloma: | Malignant neoplasm of bone marrow. |
Anemia: | Efficiency in erythrocyte or hemoglobin. |
Aplastic anemia: | Failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow. |
Hemolytic anemia: | Reduction in blood cells due to excessive destruction. |
Pernicious anemia: | Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by an inability to explore vitamin B12 into the bloodstream. |
Sickle cell anemia: | Hereditary disorder of abnormal hemoglobin producing sickle – shaped erythrocyte and hemolysis. |
Thalassemia: | Inherited defects in ability to produce hemoglobin leading to hypochromia. |
Hemochromatosis: | Excess iron deposits throughout the body. |
Polycythemia vera: | General increase in red blood cells (erythremia). |
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