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Med Voc Ch 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o), -emia | blood |
| hidr(o) | sweat, perspiration |
| hydr(o) | water |
| muc(o) | mucus |
| py(o) | pus |
| sial(o) | saliva; salivary glands |
| ur(o) | urine; urinary tract |
| cellul(o) | little cell or compartment |
| chrom(o) | color |
| cyt(o), -cyte | cell |
| hemoglobin(o) | hemoglobin |
| kary(o), nucle(o) | nucleus |
| morph(o) | shape; form |
| necr(o) | death |
| norm(o) | normal |
| phil(o) | attraction |
| poikil(o) | irregular |
| spher(o) | round |
| calc(i) | calcium |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| natr(o) | sodium |
| coagul(o) | coagulation |
| fibrin(o) | fibrin |
| thromb(o) | thrombus; clot |
| aer(o) | air or gas |
| angi(o), vascul(o) | vessel |
| home(o) | sameness; constant |
| is(o) | equal |
| lith(o) | stone; calculus |
| -ant | that which causes |
| -ate | to cause an action or the result of an action |
| -cidal | killing |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | that which cause production |
| iatr(o) | physical treatment |
| idi(o) | inidividual |
| immun(o) | immunity |
| nos(o), path(o) | disease |
| seps(o), sept(i), sept(o) | infection |
| bacter(i), bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| fung(i), myc(o) | fungus |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike cluster; uvula |
| strept(o) | twisted |
| vir(o), virus(o) | virus |
| aut(o) | self |
| immun(o) | immune |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| ABO | blood groups |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| AHF | antihemophilic factor |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ALL | acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| CBC | complete blood cell count |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| DIC | disseminated inravascular coagulation |
| diff | differential count (WBCs) |
| DOB | date of birth |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (commonly used in AIDS diagnosis) |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentstion rate |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| H&P | history and physical |
| HAV | hepatitis A virus |
| Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HCT | hematocrit |
| HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| HDN | hemolytic disease of the new born |
| abscess | a localized collection of pus buried in tissues, organs, or confined spaces |
| active immunity | immunity developing in repsonse to antigenic stimulus |
| aerobic | designed to increase oxygen consumption by the body |
| agglutination | aggregation of suspended cells into clumps or masses; also the process of union in wound healing |
| agranulocytosis | a conditon involving greatly decreased numbers granulocytes |
| allergen | an antigenic substance capable of producing immediate-type hypersensitivity |
| allergy | a hypersensitive state acquired through exposure to particular allergen or tissues that are of the sam species but antigenically distant |
| allogeneic, allogenic | having cell types that are antigenically distant |
| allograft | a graft of tissue between individuals of the same species but not of the same genotype |
| amniocentesis | perutaneous transabdominal puncture of the amnion for the purpose of removing amniotic fluid |
| amniotic fluid | the liguid or albuminous fluid contained in the amnion |
| anaerobic | thriving best without oxygen |
| analgesic | relieving pain, a medication that relives pain |
| angina | severe pain and constriction about the heart caused by an insufficient supply of blood to the heart itself |
| anemia | a condition in which blood is deficient in the red blood cells, hemoglobin, or both |
| anisocytosis | a condition in which erthtocytes are not equal size |
| antibotic | destructive of life |
| antibody | an immunoglobulin that interects only with the antigen that induceds its synthesis or with an antigen closely related to it |
| antigen | any substance that is capable, under appropriate conditions, of including a specific immune respnes and or reacting with prdoucts of that response |
| antihistamine | a drug that counteracts the action of histamine |
| antineoplastic drugs | inhibiting or preventing the development of neoplasms |
| antiseptic | pertaning to asepsis; a substance that inhibts the growth and development of microogranisms without necessarily killing them |
| aplastic | pertaining to or characterized by aplasia |
| autoimmune disease | one of a large group of diseases characterized by altered function of th immune system |
| autologous graft | the transfer of tissue from one side to another on the same body |
| autologous tranfusion | a procedure in which blood is removed from a donor and stored for a variable period before it is returned to the donor's circulation |
| bacilli | rod-shaped bacteria |
| bacteremia | the presence of bacteria in the blood |
| bacterial infection | infection caused by bacteria |
| bactericidal | capable of killing bacteria |
| bacteriostatic | inhibiting the growth or multiplication of bacteria |
| basophil | granular leukocyte that has cytoplasm that contains coarse bluish-black granules of variable size |
| biological | pertaining to biology or the study of life and living organisms |
| bioterrorism | the use of pathogenic biological agents to cause terror in a population |
| botulism | a type of food posioning caused by a neurotoxin produced by the growth of clostridium botulinum in improperly canned or preserved foods |
| cardiovascular | petaining to the heart and blood vessels |
| cerebrospinal fluid | the fluid that bathes the cerebrum and the spinal cord |
| chancre | the primary sore syphilis; a painles, eroded papuls orccuring at the site of entry of the infection |
| cholera | an acute infectious eneritis, periodically spreading in epidemics |
| clostridium | a genus bacteria, containng obigate anerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacilli |
| coagulant | promoting accerlerating and making possible of coagulation of blood; |
| coagulate | to become clotted or to cause clotting |
| coagulation | formation of a clot |
| coagulopathy | any disorder of blood coagulation |
| cocci | spherical bacteria |
| complement | proteins in the blood taht play a vital role in the body's immune defense |
| corpuscle | any small mass or body |
| coumadin | trademark for preparations of warfarin sodium |
| cyanosis | blueness of the skin and mucous membranes |
| cytotoxicity | having a deletrious effect on cells |
| cytotoxin | a toxin or antibody that has specific toxic action on cells of special organs |
| dehydration | removel of water form a substance; the condition that results from excessive loss of body water |
| differntial white cell count | and examination and enumeration of the distribution of leukocytes in a stained blood smear |
| diphtheria | an acute infectious diesease caused by toxigenic strains of C |
| diplococci | a pair of spherical bacteria, resulting from incomplete separtaion after cell division |
| disseminated | scattered |
| dissemination | the spread of something throughout |
| dyscrasia | an abnoramal state or condition |
| dyspnea | difficult breating |
| edema | an abnormal accumulation of fluid in intercellular spaces in the tissues |
| electrolyte | a substance that dissociates into ions when fused or in solution and thus becomes capable of conducting electricity |
| eletophoresis | the separtaion of ironic solutes in a liquid under the influence of an applied electri field |
| eosinophil | a granular leukocyte with a nucleus that usually has two lobes and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules tha are redily stained by eosin |
| epstein-barr virus | the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis and certain immunodeficiency diseases |
| erythroblast | embryonic form of a red blood cell |
| erythroblastosis fetalis | a type of hemolytic anemia of the fetus or newborn infant, caused by the transplacental transmission of maternally formed antibody |
| erythrocyte | a red bllod cell |
| erythrocytic | pertaining to, charcterized by, or of the nature of red blood cells |
| erythropenia | a dificiency in the number of red blood cells |
| erythrocytosis | an increase in the number of red blood cells |
| erythropoiesis | the production of red blood cells |
| excrete | to throw off or eliminate by a normal discharge |
| excretion | the act, process, or function of excreting; material that is excreted |
| extracellular | situated or occurring outside a cell |
| fibrin | an insoluble protein that forms long threads that compose blood clots |
| fibrinogen | a protein in plasma that is essential for clotting of blood |
| fibrinolysin | a substance that dissolves fibrin clots and also breaks down certain coagulation factors |
| fibrinolysis | destruction of fibrin |
| functional disorder | a condition marked by signs or symptoms of a dis or disorder |
| fungal | pertaining to fungus |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
| gonorrhea | infection caused by neisseria gonorhoeae transmitted sexually in most cases |
| gram stain | a special staining procedure in which microoganisms can be classified as gram-positive, gram-negative, or gram-variable |
| granulocyte | a leukocyte containing neutrophil, basophil, or eosinophil granules in its cytoplasm |
| hematologic | pertaining to the blood an the blood-forming tissues |
| hematologist | a specialist in hematology |
| hematology | the study of blood and blood-forming tissues and their physilogy and pathology |
| hematoma | any localized collection of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, tissue, or space |
| hematopoiesis | the formation and development of blood cells |
| hematopoietic | pertaining to or affecting hematopoiesis |
| hemoglobin | oxygen-carrying red pigment of red blood cells |
| hemoglobinpathy | a hematologic disorder caused by genetically determined abnormal hemoglobin |
| hemolysin | a substance that causes destruction of red blood cells |
| hemolysis | destruction of red blood cells that results in the liberation of hemoglobin |
| hemolyze | to subject to or undergo hemolysis |
| hemophilia | a hereditary hemorrhagic disorder caused by dificiency of antihemophilic facter |
| hemostasis | the checking of the flow of blood either by coagulation or surgical means |
| histamine | a substance present in the body that has known pharamacologic action when released from injured cells |
| homeostasis | sameness or stability in normal body state of an organism |
| homologous | pertaining to an antibody and the antigen that elicited its production |
| hyperchromic | highly or excessively stained or color |
| hyperemia | excessive blood flow to a part of the body |
| hypokalemia | abnormally low potassium concentration in the blood |
| immunodeficiency | a deficiency in immune response |
| in vivo | within a living body |
| intercellular | situated between cells of a structure |
| interstitial fluid | fluid occupying space between tissue cells |
| karyomegaly | abnormal enlargement of cell nucleus |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| lymphocyte | any of the mononuclear leukocytes found in the blood |
| macrocyte | a very large cell |
| macrocytosis | an increase in the number of large blood cells |
| megalocyte | an extremely large blood cell |
| microcyte | an abnormally small erythrocyte |
| microcytosis | an increased number of undersized red blood cells |
| mucoid gland | a gland that secretes mucus |
| nucleoid | resembling a nucleus |
| pathogen | any disease-producing agent or microorganism |
| poikilocyte | an abnormal shaped red blood cells |
| poikilocytosis | the presence of abnormally shaped red blood cells |
| polycythemia | an increase of the total red cell mass of the blood |
| sepsis | the presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or other tissue |
| septicemia | a morbid condition caused by the presence of bacteria or their toxins in the blood |
| spherocyte | an abnormally round red blood cell |
| staphylococcal infection | an infection caused by staphylococci |
| streptococci | an genus of gram-positive cocci occuring in pairs or chains |
| syncope | fainting |
| thrombectomy | surgical removal of a blood clot |
| thrombus | blood clot |
| toxemia | condition that results from toxins in the blood |
| transplant | an organ or tissue used for grafting |
| virulence | the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism |
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