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anemia   a manifestation of a pathologic process characterized by a reduction below normal in the number of erythrocytes, quantity of hemoglobin, and/or the volume of packed red cells (hematocrit) in the blood  
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aplastic anemia   a disease in which the patient has peripheral blood pancytopenia (decrease of all blood cells types) and hypocellular bone marrow  
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autologous   in transplantation, denotes removal of the patients own tissue and the fiving back of the tissue to that person  
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disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)   a serious bleeding disorder resulting from abnormally initiated and accelerated clotting  
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hemachromatosis   an autosomal recessive disease characterized by increased intestinal iron absorption and, as a result, increased tissue iron depostition  
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hemolytic anemia   an anemia caused by destruction of RBC's at a rate that ex ceeds production  
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hemophilia   heraditary bleeding disorders caused by defective or deficient clotting factors; classic hemophilia A is a sexlinked recessive genetic disorder caused by deficient factor VIII; hemophilia B is a deficiency of factor IX  
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hepatomegaly   an abnormal enlargement of the liver  
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induction therapy   the initional, aggressive stage of cancer treatment htat attempts to destroy malignant cells and bring about a remission  
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iron-deficiency anemia   anemia caused by inadequate iron for hemoglobin production  
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leukapharesis   process by which blood is withdrawn from a vein, white blood cells are selectively removed, and the remaining blood is reinfused into the donor  
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leukemia   general term used to describe a group of malignant disorders affecting the blood and blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow, lymph system, and spleen  
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lymphadenopathy   enlargement of the lymph nodes or lymph vessels  
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lymphoblasts   large immature cells that normally develop into lymphocytes  
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lymphocytic leukemia   defect in proliferation and maturation of lymphocytes  
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megaloblastic anemias   group of disorders caused by impaired DNA synthesis and characterized by the presence of large red blood cells  
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multiple myeloma   condition in which neoplastic plasma cells infiltrate the bone marrow and destroy bone  
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myeloblasts   large, immature cells that normally develop into gradulocytes  
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myelodysplastic syndrome   a group of related hematologic disorders characterized by a change in the quantity and quality of bone marrow elements  
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myelogenous leukema   a defect in proliferation and maturation of granulocytes  
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non-Hodgkin's lymphoma   a heterogeneous group of malignant neoplasms involving lymphoid tissue  
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pernicious anemia   type of megaloblastic anemia resulting from inadequate gastric secretion of intrinsic factor necessary for absorption of cobalamin (vitamin B12)  
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Philadelphia chromosome   translocation of the long arm of chromosome 9 found in the abnormal myeloblasts, erythroblasts, and megakaryoblasts of 90% if oatuebts of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia  
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polycythemia   production and presence of increased numbers of red blood cells  
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sickle cell crisis   an exacerbation of sickle cell anemia when sickle cell hemoglobin assumes various crescent or sickle shapes, occluding small blood vessels  
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sickle cell disease   group of inherited, autosomal recessive disorders characterized by the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin in the erythrocyte  
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sickle cell hemoglobin   abnormal hemoglobin that caused development of deformed crescent-shaped red blood cells when oxygen tension is lowered  
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sickle cell trait   heterozygous state in which an individual has only one sickle cell gene paired with a normal homoglobin gene  
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splenomegaly   abnormal enlargement of the spleen  
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thalassemia   an autosomal recessive genetic disorde of inadequate production of normal hemoglobin  
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thrombocytopenia   a reduction of the platelet count below the normal range of 150,000 to 400,000/ul  
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