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chapter 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| AML | ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
| ALL | ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA |
| CBC | COPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CML | CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
| DIC | DISSEMINATGED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULOPATHY |
| EBV | EPSTIER-BARR VIRUS |
| ESR | ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
| HCT | HEMATOCRIT |
| HGB | HEMOGLOBIN |
| HUS | HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME |
| HSM | HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY |
| ITP | INDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| INR | INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO |
| IVIG | INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLUBLIN |
| LAD | LYMPHADENOPATHY |
| PLT | PLATELET COUNT |
| PT | PROTHROMBIN TIME |
| PTT | PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME |
| TTP | THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| COAGULO | COAGULATION |
| CYTO | CELL |
| EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| HEMO, HEMATO | BLOOD |
| IMMUNO | IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| LEUKO | WHITE |
| LYMPHO | LYMPH |
| MYELO | BONE MARROW |
| PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| PHLEBO | VEIN |
| SPLENO | SPLEEN |
| THROMBO | CLOT |
| THYMO | THYMUS |
| TONSILLO | TONSILS |
| VENO | VEIN |
| ANISOCYTOSIS | CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A GREAT INEQUALITY IN THE SIZE OF TED BLOOD CELLS |
| ANTIGEN | SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES THE BODY TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES |
| APHERESIS | GENERAL TERM FOFR A PFROCESS, SIMILAR TO DIALYSIS, THAT RAWS BLOOD, REMOVES SOMETHING FROM IT, THEN RETURNS THE REST OF THE BLOOD TO THE PATIENT |
| APLASTIC ANEMIA | ANEMIA CAUSED BY RED BLOOD CELLS NOT BEING FORMED INSUFFICIENT QUANTITIES |
| COAGULOPATHY | ANY DISEASE THAT DEALS WITH PROBLMES IN BLOOD COAGULATION |
| CYTAPHERESIS | APHERESIS TO REMOVE CELLULAR MATERIAL |
| ECCHYMOSIS | LARGE BRUISE |
| ELLIPTOCYTE | OVAL SHAPED RED BLOOD CELL |
| ELLIPTOCYTOSIS | CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY AN INCREASE INTHE UMBER OF OVAL SHAPED RED BLOOD CELLS |
| EMBOLUS | MASS OF MATTER PRESENT 9N THE BLOOD |
| HEMATOCRIT | TEST TO JUDGE OR SEPARATE THE BLOOD; USED TO DETERMINE THE RATIO OF RED BLOOD CELLS TO TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME |
| HEMATOMA | MASS OF BLOOD WITHIN AN ORGAN, CAVITY, OR TISSUE |
| HEMOSTATIC | DRUG THAT STOPS THE FLOW OF BLOOD |
| IMMUNOCOMPROMISED | HAVING AN IMMUNE SYSTEM INCAPABLE OF RESPONDING NORMALLY AND COMPLETELY TO A PATHOGEN OR DISEASE |
| IMMUNODEFICIENCY | IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH DECREASED OR COMPROMISED RESPONSE TO DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS |
| ISCHEMIA | BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD FLOW TO AN ORGAN |
| NEPHROSPLENOPLEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE SPLEEN AND A KIDNEY |
| NEUTROPENIA | DEFICIENCY IN ALL CELLULAR COMPONENTS OF THE BLOOD |
| PERFUSION | CIRCULATION OF BLOOD THROUGH TISSUE |
| PETECHIA | SMALL BRUISE |
| PHAGOCYTOSIS | PROCESS IN WHICH PHAGOCYTES DESTROY FOREIGN MICROORGANISMS OR CELL DEBRIS |
| PHLEBARTERIECTASIA | DILATION FO BLOOD VESSELS |
| PLASM APHERESIS | APHERESIS TO REMOVE PLASMA |
| PLATELETPHRESIS | APHERESIS TO REMOVE PLATELETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DONATING THEM TO PATIENTS IN NEED OF PLATELETS |
| THROMBOGENIC | CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BLOOD CLOT |
| THROMBOLYTIC | DRUG THAT BREAKS DOWN BLOOD CLOTS |
| THROMBOPHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN CAUSED BY A CLOT |
| THROMBOSIS | FORMATION OF A BLOOD CLOT |
| THOMBUS | A BLOOD CLOT |
| UREMIA | PRESENCE OF URINE IN THE BLOOD |
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