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Chabner Chapter 13
The Language of Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leukocyte with dense, reddish granules having an affinity for red acid dye; associated with allergic reactions: | Eosinophil |
| Orange-yellow pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed: | Bilirubin |
| Method of separating out plasma proteins by electrical charge: | Electrophoresis |
| Foreign material that invades the body: | Antigens |
| Protein threads that form the basis of a blood clot: | Fibrin |
| An anticoagulant substance produced by liver cells and found in the bloodstream and tissues: | Heparin |
| Hemophilia | Heriditary disease of blood clotting failure and abnormal bleeding |
| Hemochromatosis | Excessively high iron in the body |
| Multiple myeloma | Bone marrow tumor causing overproduction of immunoglobins and destruction of bone tissue. |
| Agglutination | Clumping of red blood cells in the presence of an antibody |
| Neutropenia | Deficiency of polymorphonuclear leukocyte that fight disease |
| Hct | Hematocrit |
| Hgb | Hemoglobin Test |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| diff | Differential White Blood Cell Count |
| ESR | Erythrocyte sedimentation Rate |
| PT | Prothrombin Time |
| PTT | Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell Count |
| WBC | White Blood Cell Count |
| ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| agglutin/o | Clumping, sticking together |
| bas/o | Base |
| chrom/o | Color |
| coagul/o | Coagulation |
| cyt/o | Cell |
| eosin/o | Red Colored |
| erythr/o | Red |
| granul/o | Granules |
| hem/o | Blood |
| hemoglobin/o | Hemoglobin |
| is/o | Same, equal |
| kary/o | Nucleus |
| leuk/o | White |
| mon/o | One |
| myel/o | Bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neutr/o | Nueutral |
| nucle/o | Nucleus |
| phag/o | Eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | Varied, irregular |
| sider/o | Iron |
| spher/o | Globe, round |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| -aphresis | Removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | Immature cell, embryonic |
| -cytosis | Abnormal condition of cells |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -globin | Protein |
| -lytic | Pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | Derived from |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phage | Eat, swallow |
| -philia | Attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | Carrying, transmission |
| -plasia | Development, formation, growth |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -stasis | Stop, control |
| is/o | Same, equal |
| kary/o | Nucleus |
| leuk/o | White |
| mon/o | One |
| myel/o | Bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neutr/o | Nueutral |
| nucle/o | Nucleus |
| phag/o | Eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | Varied, irregular |
| sider/o | Iron |
| spher/o | Globe, round |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| -aphresis | Removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | Immature cell, embryonic |
| -cytosis | Abnormal condition of cells |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -globin | Protein |
| -lytic | Pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | Derived from |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phage | Eat, swallow |
| -philia | Attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| -phoresis | Carrying, transmission |
| -plasia | Development, formation, growth |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -stasis | Stop, control |
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