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MA 70 Module 7
Body Fluids and Lymph
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CA | Cancer |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| C&S | Culture and sensitivity |
| diff | differential |
| ESR, SR, sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| HCT, Hct, crit | Hematocrit |
| Hgb, Hb, HGB | hemoglobin count |
| mono | mononucleosis |
| PT, pro-time | prothrombin time |
| RBC | Red blood cell, red blood cell count |
| WBC | white blood cell, white blood cell count |
| The formed elements of blood | erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets aka thrombocytes |
| the liquid portion of blood | plasma |
| the liquid portion of blood after clotting | serum |
| a- | prefix: without |
| an- | prefix: without, no, lack of |
| anti- | prefix: against |
| de- | prefix: away from, down from, remove, reverse |
| extra- | prefix: above; more than normal, in excess |
| hyper- | prefix: above, more than normal, in excess |
| inter- | prefix: between |
| intra- | prefix: within, in |
| mono- | prefix: one |
| poly- | prefix: many |
| pan- | prefix: all |
| -al | suffix adj: pertaining to |
| -ar | suffix adj: pertaining to |
| -ary | suffix, adj: pertaining to |
| -ation | suffix, noun: action, state, condition |
| -cyte | suffix, noun: cell |
| -emia | suffix, noun: blood condition |
| -gen -genesis | suffix: to produce, origin |
| -gram | suffix: record, image, graph |
| -graph | suffix: machine that records or creates an image or graph |
| -graphy | suffix: the process of using an instrument to create a record, image or graph |
| -ia | suffix, noun: condition |
| -itis | suffix: inflammation |
| -logic | suffix: pertaining to the study or science of |
| -logist | suffix: one who studies or specializes in |
| -logy | suffix: the study of |
| -lysis | suffix: desolving, loosening, breaking down, decomposition |
| -oid | suffix: resembling, like |
| -oma | suffix: tumor, mass, growth |
| -osis (in reference to blood) | suffix: increase, more than normal |
| -ous | suffix, adj: possessing, full of |
| -pathy | suffix: disease |
| -penia | suffix: less than normal |
| -phagia -phage | suffix: to eat, swallow suffix: noun, a thing that devours |
| -phylaxis | suffix: protection |
| -plasty -plastic | suffix: surgical repair suffix: pertaining to surgical repair |
| -poiesis | suffix: production |
| -phil | suffix: attraction to |
| -rrhage | suffix: excessive flow;rupture |
| -stasis | suffix: stopping; controlling |
| -therapy | suffix: treatment |
| -tomy | suffix: to cut into, incise |
| -toxic | suffix: pertaining to poison |
| -um (singular) | suffix: -a (plural) |
| -us (singular) | suffix: -i (plural) |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| bas/o | chemical base |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyt/o cellul/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | safe, immune |
| coagul/o | clot |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| hidro/o | sweat |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| macr/o | large |
| micr/o | small |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | to eat; swallow |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | shape |
| spher/o | round |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| agglutination | clumping |
| anaphylaxis | extreme allergic reaction |
| anemia | a condition of reduced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red cells in the blood |
| anticoagulant | drug that helps to prevent blood clotting |
| coagulant | drug that helps blood clot |
| dehydration | loss of water |
| hemoglobin | blood protein that carries oxygen |
| anisocytosis | abnormal condition of unequal sized cells |
| hemoblast | immature red blood cell |
| hemolysis hemolytic | 1. destruction of blood 2. agent that destroys blood |
| hemorrhage | excessive uncontrolled bleeding |
| hidrosis | abnormal condition of excessive sweating |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| erythrocytosis | abnormal increase in red blood cell production |
| erythrocytopenia erythropenia | abnormal decrease in red blood cells |
| erythropoiesis | red blood cell production |
| extracellular | pertaining to outside a cell |
| hemocyte | blood cell |
| hemoglobinopathy | disease of the blood where the hemoglobin is misshapen. |
| hematocrit | test for determining the percentage of red blood cells, white blood cell & platelets to plasma within a volume of blood |
| hematology | the study blood and its diseases |
| hematologist | specialist in the study of blood and its diseases |
| hematopoiesis hematopoietic hematogenesis | production of blood |
| immunogen | substance or cell the creates an immune response in the body |
| immune | protected against |
| immunity | having protection against |
| immunization immunotherapy vaccination | a shot or vaccination that creates an immune response to produce immunity |
| immunology | the study of the immune system |
| immunological | pertaining to the immune system |
| homeostasis | relative constancy in the internal environment of the body |
| hydrocephalus | accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the vessels and ventricles of the brain |
| hydrochromia | decrease in the color of red blood cells |
| interstitial | pertaining to the spaces between cells and tissue |
| intracellular | within a cell |
| leukemia | cancer of the bone marrow which prevents normal production of blood elements causing anemia |
| leukocytosis | abnormal increase in white blood cell production |
| leukocytopenia leukopenia | abnormal decrease in white blood cell production |
| lymph | body fluid containing white blood cells |
| hyperchromia | excessive color of red blood cells |
| morphology | branch of medicine dealing with structures of organisms |
| mucus | fluid produced by the epithelial membranes to protect and aid in movement |
| mucous | pertaining to mucus |
| pancytopenia | a decrease in all formed elements of blood |
| lymphocyte | type of white blood cell |
| sanguineous | containing blood; pertaining to blood |
| lymphopoiesis | production of lymphocytes |
| macrocyte | abnormal increase in size of cells |
| macrophage | a large white blood cell that eats/engulfs pathogens and other blood debris |
| microcyte | abnormally small cells |
| thrombocytopenia thrombopenia | reduction of clotting factors in blood |
| pathogen | disease producing |
| phagocyte | a cell that eats other cells and debris |
| poikilocytosis | abnormal condition of irregularly shaped cells |
| prophylaxis | the preventing of disease |
| sepsis | invasion of the body by pathogens or their toxins |
| thrombus | a blood clot |
| thrombocyte | blood clotting component of the blood |
| thrombolytic | pertaining to an agent that destroys blood clots |
| thrombogenesis | the production of blood clots |
| mononucleosis | the presence of a large number of monocytes or leukocytes in the blood |
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