click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
med term heart
medical terminology cardiac system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anemia | without blood (lack of red blood cells) |
| aplastic anemia | when red blood cells are not produced by the bone marrow. |
| erythrocyte | red (blood) cell |
| erythropoiesis | production of red blood cells |
| ferrous | pertaining to iron |
| fibrinogen | producing fibers which are used in blood clotting. |
| fibrinolysis | destruction of fibers |
| hematocrit | to separate blood |
| hematocytoblast | blood developing cell (stem cell) |
| hematologist | one who specializes in the study of blood |
| hematology | the study of blood |
| hematoma | blood tumor or mass (also called ecchymosis) |
| ecchymosis | bruise (also called hematoma) |
| hematopoiesis | the production of blood |
| hemolytic | the destruction of blood |
| hemophilia | pertaining to an affinity or love of blood |
| heorrhage | blood bursting forth |
| hemostasis | blood standing still |
| leukemia | white blood (cancer of the blood with many immature white blood cells) |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| leukocytosis | condition of white cells (refers to a high number of white blood cells) |
| leukopenia | deficiency of white cells |
| macrophage | large eater (refers to the white blood cell, the monocyte) |
| megakaryocyte | large, nucleated cell |
| monocyte | one cell (specific type of white blood cell) |
| myelofibrosis | condition of the fibers in the bone marrow. |
| plasmapheresis | removing plasma |
| polycythemia | blood condition, overproduction of blood cells |
| proerythroblast | developing red cell that comes before |
| reticulocyte | net cell (one of the stages of red blood cell development) |
| sepsis | condition of infection |
| septicemia | condition of infected blood |
| thrombocyte | clotting cell (platelets) |
| thrombocytopenia | deficiency of clotting cells |
| thombolysis | destruction of a clot |
| thromboplastin | pertaining to forming a clot |
| thrombosis | condition of a clot |