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Blood & Lymphatic System - Q – Diagnostic terms & A – Meaning

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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)   a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood  
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anemia   a condition of reduced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red cells in the blood, resulting in a diminished ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen to the tissues  
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aplastic anemia   a normocytic-normochromic type of anemia characterized by the failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells  
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iron deficiency anemia   a microcytic-hypochromic type of anemia characterized by a lack of iron that affects the production of hemoglobin and is characterized by small red blood cells containing low amounts of hemoglobin  
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pernicious anemia (see Fig. 6-5)   a macrocytic-normochromic type of anemia characterized by an inadequate supply of vitamin B12, causing red blood cells to become large, varied in shape, and reduced in number  
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autoimmune disease   any disorder characterized by abnormal function of the immune system that causes the body to produce antibodies against itself, resulting in tissue destruction or loss of function; rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are examples of autoimmune diseases (auto =  
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erythroblastosis fetalis   a disorder that results from the incompatibility of a fetus with Rh-positive blood and a mother with Rh-negative blood, causing red blood cell destruction in the fetus; a blood transfusion is necessary to save the fetus  
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Rh factor   presence or lack of antigens on the surface of red blood cells, which causes a reaction between Rh-positive blood and Rh-negative blood  
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Rh positive   presence of antigens  
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Rh negative   absence of antigens  
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hemochromatosis   hereditary disorder with an excessive buildup of iron deposits in the body  
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hemophilia   a group of hereditary bleeding disorders caused by a defect in clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood  
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leukemia   chronic or acute malignant (cancerous) disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by abnormal leukocytes in the blood and bone marrow  
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myelodysplasia   disorder within the bone marrow characterized by a proliferation of abnormal stem cells (cells that give rise to different types of blood cells); usually develops into a specific type of leukemia  
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lymphoma   any neoplastic disorder of lymph tissue, usually malignant, as in Hodgkin disease  
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metastasis   process by which cancer cells are spread by blood or lymph circulation to a distant organ; the plural form, metastases, indicates spreading to two or more distant sites  
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mononucleosis   condition caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by an increase in mononuclear cells (monocytes and lymphocytes) in the blood along with enlarged lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy), fatigue, and sore throat (pharyngitis)  
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polycythemia   increased number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin in the blood  
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septicemia   systemic disease caused by infection with microorganisms and their toxins in circulating blood  
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