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Phlebotomy Terms
Ch 40
Term | Definition |
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Additive | The serum in tubes during manufacturing |
Aliquote | Is a portion of a specimen that has been taken or in storage |
Anticogulant | Separate the elements (cells) from the Plasma |
Buffy Coat | Middle layer coat |
Nasal Cannula | Delivers oxygen |
Centrifuge | to speed the removal of the serum from a tube of blood |
Edematous | Fluid in tissue |
Erythocyte | red blood cell |
Hematology | Study of Blood |
Hematoma | Blood bruise |
Hemoconcentration | Increased concentration of constituent in the blood sample |
Hemolysis | Rupturing of the red blood collection |
Hemolyzed | Ruptured |
Leukocytes | White blood cell |
Lipemia | Excessive amounts of fat (lipids) |
Plasma | Fluid portion of blood |
Serum | Liquid portion of blood obtaining after blood has been allowed to clot |
Thicotropicgel | Gel material capable of forming an interference between the cells |
Thrombocyte | (platelet) |
Viscosity | a degree of thickness of a liquid |