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SSCT Med Term CH1314
SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapters 13 &14 & Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABO | three main blood groups |
| bld. | blood |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| ESR; sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| Hb; Hgb | hemoglobin |
| Hct | hematcrit |
| H&H | hemoglobin & hematocrit |
| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin |
| MCHC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration |
| MCV | mean corpuscular volume |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromoplastin time |
| RBC | red blood cell count |
| WBC | white blood cell count |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbert assay |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| KS | kaposi sarcoma |
| NK | natural killer cells |
| PCP | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| T4 | helper T cell lymphocyte |
| T8 | cytotoxic or killer T cell lymphocyte |
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same, equal |
| kary/o | nucleas |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral (neither base nor acid) |
| nucle/o | nuclear |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| immun/o | protection |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland) |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| ana- | again, anew |
| -inter | between |
| Basophil | leukocyte whose granules have an affinity for basic dye; releases histamine and heparin |
| hypochromic | pertaining to reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells |
| anticoagulant | a substance that prevents clotting |
| coagulopathy | disease condition effecting clotting |
| cytology | study of cells |
| eosinophil | white blood cells with granules that have an affinity for acid dyes |
| erythrocytopenia | deficiency in numbers of red blood cells |
| granulocyte | white blood cells with large-dark staining granules |
| hemolysis | destruction of red blood cells |
| hematocrit | separation of blood so that the percentage of red blood cells in relation to the volume of a blood sample is measured |
| hemoglobinopathy | disease of hemoglobin |
| anisocytosis | variation in size of red blood cells |
| megakaryocyte | cell with large nucleas forerunner (precursor) of platelets formed in bone marrow |
| leukocytopenia | deficiency of white blood cells |
| monocyte | white blood cell with one large nucleas |
| morphology | study of the shape or form (of cells) |
| myeloblast | immature bone marrow cell |
| myelogenous | produced by the bone marrow |
| neutropenia | decrease in white blood cells is chiefly in neutrophils |
| mononuclear | having only on nucleas |
| polymorphonuclear | PMN; pertaining to a white blood cell with a multi-lobed nucleas |
| phagocyte | cell that eats or swallows other cells |
| poikilocytosis | irregularity in shape of red blood cells |
| sideropenia | deficiency of iron in the serum |
| spherocytosis | abnormal condition of spheriod shaped red blood cells |
| thrombocytopenia | persistant decrease in the number of blood platelets (hemorraging) |
| plasmapheresis | separating plasma from whole blood |
| leukopheresis | white blood cells are separated from blood |
| plateletpheresis | separation of platelets from the rest of the blood |
| monoblast | immature monocyte |
| erythroblast | immature red blood cells |
| macrocytosis | increase in numbers of large red blood cells |
| microcytosis | increase in number of small red blood cells |
| leukemia | increase in cancerous white blood cells |
| hemoglobin | blood protein found in red blood cells |
| immunoglobulin | antibodies |
| thrombolytic therapy | pertaining to the destruction of clots |
| myeloid | derived from relating or resembling bone marrow |
| thrombosis | formation of a blood clot in the vessel |
| granulocytopenia | deficiency of blood granulocytes |
| pancytopenia | deficiency in all blood cells |
| macrophage | large phagocytes formed from monocytes and found in tissues |
| eosinophilia | increase in numbers of granulocytes seen in allergic conditions |
| neutrophilia | increase in white blood cells chiefly in the neutrophils |
| hematopoiesis | formation of blood |
| erythropoiesis | formation of red blood cells |
| myelopoiesis | formation of bone marrow cells |
| hemostasis | controlling or stopping the flow of blood |
| autoimmune disease | chronic, disabling diseases caused by abnormal production of antibodies to normal tissue |
| immunoglobulin | antibodies that are secreted by plasma cells in humoral immunity |
| immunosuppression | stop immune response |
| lymphopoiesis | formation of lymph |
| lymphedema | swelling of tissues due to interstital fluid accumulation |
| lymphocytopenia | deficiency of lymph cells increase in the number of lymphocytes |
| lymphocytosis | increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood usually associated with chronic infections or inflammations |
| lymphoid | derived from lymph tissue |
| lymphadenopathy | disease of lymph glands (nodes) |
| lymphadenitis | inflammation of lymph glands |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| splenectomy | removal of the spleen |
| hypersplenism | syndrome marked by enlargement of the spleen and associated with anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia |
| thymoma | tumor of the thymus gland |
| thymectomy | removal of a mediastinal organ |
| toxic | pertaining to poison |
| anaphylaxis | hyper sensitivity reaction |
| interstital fluid | fluid that lies between cell throughout the body |
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