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med term chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anisocytosis | an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by red blood cells of variable and abnormal size |
| agglutination | the clumping of cells as a result of interaction with specific antibodies. |
| albumin | a plasma protein |
| antibodies | substances produced by the body in response to bacteria, virusis, or other foreign substances. |
| allergen | a substance that can produce a hypertensive reaction in the body |
| allergy | a hypertensive reaction to normally harmless antigens,most of which are environmrntal. |
| anaphylaxis | an exaggerated life threatening hypertensivity reaction to a previously encountered anigen. |
| antigens | a substance , usually a protein that causes the information of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody. |
| ascites | an abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of a fluid containing large amounts of protein and electrolytes |
| basophil | a granulocytic white blood cell characterized by cytoplasmic ganules that stain blue when exposed to a basic dye. |
| bilirubin | the orange-yellow pigment of bile formed principally by the breakdown of hemoglobin in red blood cells after termination of their normal life span |
| coagulation | the process of transforming a liquid into a solid, especialy of the blood. |
| corpuscle | any cell of the body |
| differeniation | the process of development in which unspecailized cells or tissues are systematically modified and altered to achive specific and characteristic physical forms, physiologic functions, and chemical properties. |
| dyscrasia | an abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow. |
| edema | the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interestitial spaces of tissues |
| electrophoresis | the movement of charged suspended particles through a liquid medium in response to changes in an electric field. |
| enzyme | an organic substance that initiats and accelerates a chemical reaction. |
| eosinophil | a granulocytic, bilobed leukocyte somewhat larger than a neutrophill characterized by large numbers of coarse, refractile, cytoplasmic granules that stain with the acid dye ecosin |
| erythremia | an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells |
| erythroblast | an immature red blood cell |
| erythrocyte | a mature red blood cell |
| erythropoiesis | the process of red blodd cell production |
| erythropoetin | a hormone synthesized mainly in the kidneys and releases into the bloodstream in response to anoxia. |
| fibrin | a stringy,insoluble protein that is the sunstance of a blood clot |
| fibrinogen | a plasma protein converted into a fibrin by thrombin in the presance of calcium ions |
| globin | a group of four globulin protein molecules that become bound by the iron in heme molecules to form hemoglobin. |
| globulin | a plasma protein mad in the liver. |
| granulocyte | a type of leukocyte characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic granules |
| hematologist | a medical specailist in the feild of hematology |
| hematology | the scientific study of blood and blood- forming tissues |
| heme | the pigmented iron containing, non-protein portion of the hemoglobin molecule. |
| hemoglobin | a complex protien-iron compound in the blood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lugs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs. |
| hemolysis | the breakdown of red blood cells and the release of hemoglobin that occurs normally at the end of the life span of a red blood cell. |
| hemorrhage | a loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time. |
| hemotosis | the termination of bleeding my mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body. |
| heparin | a naturally occuring anticlotting factor presant in the body |
| hyperalbuminemia | an increased level of albumin in the blood |
| hyperbilirubinemia | greater that normal amounts of the bile pigment in the blood. |
| hyperlipemia | an exessive level of blood fats. |
| ion | an electrically charged partical |
| leukocyte | a white blood cell |
| leukocytoprnia | an abnormal decrease in number of white blood cells. |
| megakaryocyte | an extremely large bone marrow cell |
| monocyte | a large mononuclear leukocyte |
| myeloid | of or pertaining to the bone marrow or the spinal cord |
| neutrophil | a polymorphonuclear granular leukocyte that stains easy with neural eyes |
| pancytoprnia | a marked reduction in the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets |
| pica | craving to eat unusual subatances |
| plasma | the watery, straw-colored, fluid prtion of the lymph and the blood in the leukocytes. |
| platelet | a clotting cell |
| prothrombin | a plasma protein precursor of thrimbin |
| reticulocyte | an immature erthyrocyte characterized by a meshlike pattern of threads and particles at the former site of the nucleus |
| septicemia | systemic infection in which pathogens are presant in the circulating bloddstream. |
| splenomegaly | an abnormal enlargement of the spleen |
| stem cell | a formative cell |
| thrombocyte | a cloting cell |
| threombocytopenia | an abnormal hematoloic condition in which the number of platelets is reduced |
| thromboplastin | a complex substance that initiates the clotting process by converting prothrombin in the presance of calcium ion |
| thrombus | a clot |
| agglutin/o | to clump |
| anisio- | unequal |
| bas/o | base |
| blast/o,-blast | embryonic stage of devolopment |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -emia | blood condition |
| eosin/o | red,rosy |
| erthyr/o | red |
| -globin | containing protein |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| is/o | equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| -lytic | destruction |
| mono- | one |
| morph/o | form, shape |
| myel/o | bone marrow, or spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| -oid | esembling |
| -osis | condition |
| -penia | decrease in |
| -phage | to eate |
| phag/o | to eat |
| -philia | attreaction to |
| -phoresis | transmission |
| =poiesis | formation |
| poikil/o | varied |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | round |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| thromb/o | clot |
| Ab | antibody |
| Ag | anitgen |
| ABO | blood groups,A,AB,B and O |
| AHF | antihemophiliac factor |
| AHG | antihemolytic globin |
| ALL | acute lymphatic leukmia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| BMT | bone marrow transplatation |
| CBC | complete blood cell count |
| Hb | hemoglobin |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein |
| segs | segmented neutophils |
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