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Blood & Lymphtc Sys
Medical terminology pertaining to the Blood & Lymphatic system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) |
| Blood cells clumping together | agglutination |
| Group of proteins found in blood plasma and serum | albumin |
| Hypersensitivity to a harmless substance | allergy |
| Exaggerated allergic reaction to foreign substances or proteins | anaphylaxis |
| Lack of red blood cells | anemia |
| Unequal cell condition (erythrocytes) | anisocytosis |
| Protein produced in the body to fight against invading foreign substances (against body) | antibody |
| An agent that works against blood clotting | anticoagulant |
| Foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies | antigen |
| Defect immune system that fights against the body | autoImmune disease |
| Reinfusing blood | autotransfusion |
| A base cell leukocyte | basocyte |
| A cell that has an attraction for a base dye | basophil |
| Fluid that circulates through heart, arteries, veins and capillaries | blood |
| Capable of forming a clot | coagulable |
| A blood cell | corpuscle |
| Excess creatine in the blood | creatinemia |
| A blood clot carried in the blood stream | embolus |
| A cell that stains readily with the acid stain; attraction for the rose-colored stain | eosinophil |
| Immature red blood cell | erythroblast |
| Red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| Abnormal increase in red blood cells | erythrocytosis |
| Formation of red blood cells | erythropoiesis |
| A hormone that produces red blood cells | erythropoietin |
| Process where fluids and/or medications escape into surrounding tissue | extravasation |
| Protein formed from fibrinogen | fibrin |
| Blood protein converted to fibrin | fibrinogen |
| An albuminous protein found in body fluids and cells | globulin |
| A granular leukocyte | granulocyte |
| A blood test that seperates solids from plasma in the blood | hematocrit |
| One who specializes in the study of blood | hematologist |
| Study of blood | hematology |
| A blood tumor | hematoma |
| A disease condition in which iron is not metabolized properly and accumulates in the body tissues | hemochromatosis |
| Blood protein | hemoglobin |
| Destruction or red blood cells | hemolysis |
| A hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation | hemophilia |
| Excessive bleeding | hemorrhage |
| The control of stopping of bleeding | hemostasis |
| A substance found in body tissues that inhibits blood clotting | heparin |
| Excessive amounts of calcium in the blood | hypercalcemia |
| Excessive amounts of sugar in blood | hyperglycemia |
| Excessive amounts of fat in the blood | hyperlipemia |
| Deficient amounts of sugar in the blood | hypoglycemia |
| Antibody blood protein (major types are IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM) | immunoglobulin |
| Most common AIDS related tumor | Kaposi's sarcoma |
| Removal of white blood cells from circulation | leukapheresis |
| A disease of the blood characterized by overproduction of leukocytes | leukemia |
| White blood cell | leukocyte |
| Lack of white blood cells | leukocytopenia |
| Clear, colorless alkaline fluid found in the lymphatic vessels | lymph |
| Inflammation of the lymph glands | lymphadenitis |
| Incision into a lymph gland | lymphadenotomy |
| Study of lymphatic vessels | lymphangiology |
| Inflammation of lymphatic vessels | lymphangitis |
| Abnormal accumulation of lymph in the interstitial spaces | lymphedema |
| A lymphoid neoplasm usually malignant | lymphoma |
| Control or stopping of the flow of lymph | lymphostasis |
| An abnormally large erythocyte | macrocyte |
| Largest leukocyte, whic has ONE nucleus | monocyte |
| Excessive amount of monobuclear leukocytes in the blood | mononucleosis |
| A leukocyte that stains with neutral dyes | neutrophil |
| A fungal, viral or bacterial infection when ones immune system is compromised | opportunistic infection |
| Lack of cellular elements of the blood | pancytopenia |
| Condition of the engulfing and eating of bacteria by the phagocytes | phagocytosis |
| The fluid part of the body | plasma |
| Removal of blood from the body and centrifuging it to seperate the plasma from the blood | plasmapheresis |
| An opportunistic infection that is prevelant in AIDS patients | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| A condition of too many red blood cells | polycythemia |
| Chemical substance that interacts with calcium salts to produce thrombin | prothrombin |
| Method of determining the concentration of protein-bound hormones in the blood plasma | radioimmunoassay |
| Red blood cell containing a network of granules | reticulocyte |
| A condition in which pathogenic bacteria are present in the blood | septicemia |
| A bacterial culture of blood serum | seroculture |
| Yellowish fluid that seperates from the clot when blood clots | serum |
| Lack of iron in the blood | sideropenia |
| Enlargement of the spleen | splenomagaly |
| A cell in the bone marrow that gives rise to various types of blood cells | stem cell |
| Hereditary anemias occuring in populations bordering the Mediterranean Sea and SE Asia | thalassemia |
| Surgical excision of a blood clot | thrombectomy |
| Blood enzyme that causes clotting by forming fibrin | thrombin |
| A clotting cell; a blood platelet | thrombocyte |
| Essential factor in the production of thrombin and blood clotting | thromboplastin |
| Condition of a blood clot | thrombosis |
| A tumor of the thymus | thymoma |
| Surgical excision of the tonsil | tonsillectomy |
| Process whereby blood is TRANSFERRED from one individual to the vein of another | transfusion |
| Inflammation of a lymph or blood vessel | vasculitis |
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