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Medical Terminology
Ch.6 pt.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agglutin/o | clumping in immune reaction |
| Coagul/o | clotting |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Fibrin/o | fibers, fibrous |
| Phag/o | eat |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | more than the usual number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -penia | abnormal decrease; too few |
| -poiesis | formation |
| Leukocytes | white blood cells(WBC) |
| Erythrocytes | red blood cells(RBC) |
| platelets | thrombocytes |
| Plasma | blood minus the formed elements |
| Hemoglobin | protein in erythrocytes that carry oxygen |
| Neutrophils | most numerous one; phagocytes pathogens |
| Lymphocytes | main cell in immune system |
| Types of lymphocytes | T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes |
| Thrombolytic | destroys blood clots |
| Hemolytic | destroys blood |
| Leukemia | Cancer of WBCs |
| Anemia | not enough RBCs |