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Phlebotomy Terms
Ch 40
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |