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Blood, lymphatic & i
Gylys & Masters Chapter 6
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antigen | Substance that, when entering the body, prompts the generation of antibodies, causing an immune response |
| anti- | against |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| autoimmune | Type of immune response by the body against its own cells or tissues |
| capillaries | Microscopic blood vessels that connect the ends of the smallest arteries (arterioles with smallest veins (venules) of the circulatory system |
| hematopoiesis | Production and development of blood cells, normally in the blood marrow |
| immune response | Defense function of the body that protects it against invading pathogens, foreign tissue and malignancies |
| immunodeficiency | Decreased or compromised ability to fight disease or a condition resulting from a defective immune mechanism |
| interstitial fluid | fluid between cells and tissue spaces |
| lymphocte | Type of white blood cell (WBC) found in the lymph nodes, spleen, bloodstream, and lymph that functions in the body's immune system by recognizing and deactivating foreign substances (antigens) |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| -cyte | cell |
| momocytes | Large white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that circulate in the bloodstream and destroys pathogenic bacteria though phagocytosis |
| mono- | one |
| -cyte | cell |
| oncology | Branch of medicine concerned with the study of cancerous growths (malignancies) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -logy | study of |
| pathogens | Any microorganism capable of producing disease |
| path/o | disese |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| transfusion | Collection of blood or blood component from a donor followed by its infusion into a recipient |
| Four blood types | A, B, AB, O |
| Universal recipient (blood) | AB |
| Universal donor (blood) | O |
| hematologists | Physicians who specialize in the study and treatment of blood and blood disorders |
| immunologist | medical specialist who studies and treat the body's defense mechanism against invasion of foreign substances that carries disease |
| agglutination | process by which particles are caused to adhere and form into clumps |
| embolectomy | excision of an embolus. It may be done surgically or by use of enzymes that dissolve the clot |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| hemophobia | fear of blood |
| hematoma | tumor composed of blood (usually clotted) |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| myelogenic | pertaining to producing, or originating in bone marrow |
| thrombolysis | dissolution of a blood clot |
| venous | pertaining to a vein |
| adenopathy | disease of a gland |
| immunogen | producing immunity or an immune response |
| lymphopoiesis | formation of lymphocytes or lymphoid tissue |
| lymphadenitis | inflammation of a lymph gland |
| lymphangioma | tumor of a lymph vessel |
| phagocyte | cell that ingest (and destroy microorganisms and other cell debris) |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| thymoma | tumor of the thymus gland |
| leukemia | white blood; hematological malignancies of bone marrow cells |
| macrophage | eating or swallowing large (pathogens); monocyte that transforms into a phagocyte capable of ingesting pathogens |
| anaphylaxis | against protection; exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction to a previously encountered antigen |
| hemopoiesis | formation or production of blood |
| hemostasis | standing still of blood |
| microcyte | small (red) cell |
| mononucleosis | abnormal increase of mononuclear (leukocytes in the blood) |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| embol/o | embolus (plug) |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemato | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| -ation | process |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -cyte | cell |
| -phobia | fear |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -iysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| aden/o | gland |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland (node) |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -phage | swallowing, eating |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| leuk/o | white |
| macro- | large |
| ana- | ahainst; up; back |
| nucle | nucleus |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primary with blood cells) |
| anemia | Blood disorder characterized by deficiency of red blood cell production and hemoglobin, increase red blood cell destruction, or blood loss |
| an | without, not |
| aplastic | Failure of bone marrow to produce stem cells because it has been damaged by disease, cancer, radiation, or chemotherapy drug; rare but serious form of anemia |
| pernicious | Deficiency of erythrocyte due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body, which plays a vital role in hematopoiesis |
| sickle cell | hereditary disorder of anemia characterized by crescent or sickle-shaped erythrocytes; particularly prevalent among persons of African descent |
| thalassemia | Group of hereditary anemias caused by an inability to produce hemoglobin; usually seen in people of Mediterranean origin |
| hemophilia | Group of hereditary bleeding disorders characterized by a deficiency of one of the factors necessary for coagulation of blood |
| leukemia | Malignant disease of the bone marrow characterized by excessive production of leukocytes |
| thallass/o | sea |
| -philia | attraction for |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | Deficiency of cellular immunity induced by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by increasing susceptibility to infections, malignancies, and neurological diseases |
| Hodgkin disease | Malignant disease characterized by painless, progressive enlargement of lymphoid tissue (usually first evident in cervical lymph nodes), splenomegaly, and the presence of unique Reed-Sternberg cells in the lymph nodes |
| human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | retrovirus that causes AIDS |
| immunodeficiency disease | Any group of diseases caused by a defect in the immune system and generally characterized by susceptibility to infections and chronic diseases |
| Kaposi sarcoma | malignancy of connective tissue, including bone, fat, muscle and fibrous tissue that is commonly fatal (because the tumors readily metastasize to various organs) and closely associated with AIDS |
| sarc | flesh (connective tissue) |
| -oma | tumor |
| lymphadenitis | Inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes, usually as a result of infection |
| lymph | lymph |
| aden | gland |
| -itis | inflammatio |
| lymphedema | Debilitating condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling caused by a blockage in the lymphatic system that prevents lymph fluid in the upper limbs from draining adequately |
| -edema | swelling |
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