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HLHS Chap 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| coagul/o | coagulation |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| cyt/o | cell |
| thromb/o | clot |
| leuk/o | white |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| -emia | blood condition |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spine |
| splen/o | spleen |
| immun/o | immune system |
| thym/o | thymus |
| -penia | deficiency |
| ecchymosis | large bruise |
| phil/o | love |
| -rrhage | burst forth |
| petechia | small bruise |
| aden/o | gland |
| -edema | swelling |
| iso- | equal |
| embolus | mass of matter present in the blood |
| erythr/o | red |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -penia | deficiency |
| norm/o | normal |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| phag/o | eat |
| poikil/o | various |
| reticul/o | net |
| spher/o | sphere |
| thrombus | blood clot |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -malacia | softening |
| -ptosis | drooping condition |
| -plasia | formation |
| isch- | hold back |
| ater/o | artery |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| vol/o | volume |
| -static | standing |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| apheresis | process that draws out a patients blood and removes something from it, returns the blood to the patients body |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ALL | acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| AML | acute myeloid leukemia |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CML | chronic myeloid leukemia |
| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulopathy |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HSM | hepatosplenomegaly |
| HUS | hemolytic uremic syndrome |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| ITP | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| IV | intravenous |
| IVIG | intravenous immunoglobulin |
| LAD | lymphadenopath |
| NCAT | no cervical adenopathy or tenderness |
| PLT | platelet count |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RBC | red blood count/red blood cell |
| TTP | thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| WBC | white blood count/white blood cell |