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med term ch9

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agglutination   the clumping of cells as a result of interaction with specific antibodies called agglutinins  
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albumin   a plasma protein  
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allergen   a substance that can produce a hypersenstitive reaction in the body  
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allergy   a hypersensitive reaction to normally harmless antigens  
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anaphylaxis   an exaggerteaed life-threatening hypersenstivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen  
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anisocytosis   an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by red blood cells of variable and abnormal size  
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hemoglobin   a complex protein-iron compound in the blood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs  
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heme   the pigmented, iron-containing, nonprotein portion of the hemoglobin molecule  
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hematology   the scientific study of the blood-forming tissues  
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hematologist   a medical specialist in the field of hematology  
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granulocyte   a type of leukocyte characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic granules  
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globulin   a plasma portein made in the liver  
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globin   a group of four globulin protein molecules that become bound by the iron in heme molecules to form hemoglobin  
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fibrinogen   a plasma protein converted into fibrin by thrombin in the presence of calcium ions  
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fibrin   a stringly, insoluble portein that is the substance of a blood clot  
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erythropietin   a hormone synthesized mainly in the kidneys and released into the bloodsteam in response to anoxia (lack of oxygen)  
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erythropoiesis   the process of red blood cell production  
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erythrocyte   a mature red blood cell  
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erythroblast   an immature red blood cell  
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erythremia   an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells  
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eosinophil   a granulocytic, bilobed leukocyte somewhat larger that a neutrophil characterized by large numbers of coarse, refractile, cytoplasmic granules that stain with the acid dye eosin  
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enzyme   an organic substcane that initiates and accelerates a chemcial reaction  
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electrophoresis   the movement of charged suspended particles through a lipid medium in response to changes in an elctric field  
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edema   the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstital spaces of tissues  
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dyscrasia   an abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow  
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differentiation   a process in development in which unspecilaized cells or tissues are systemically modified and altered to achieve specific and chacacteristic physical forms, physiologic functions and chemcial properties  
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corpuscle   any cell of the body- red or white blood cell  
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coagulation   the process of transforming a liquid into a solid  
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bilirubin   the orange-yellow pigment of bile formed principally by the breakdown of hemogoblin in red blood cells after termination of their normal life span  
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basophil   a granulocytic white blood cell characterized by cytoplasmic granules that stain blue when exposed to a basic dye  
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ascites   an abnormal intraperitoneal (within the peritoneal cavity) accumulation of a fluid contaning large amoubts of protein and electrolytes  
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antigens   a substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody  
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antibodies   substances prodeuced by the body in response to bacteria, viruses or other foregin substances  
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hemolysis   the breakdown of red blood cells and the release of hemoglobin that occurs normally at the end of the life span of a red cell  
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hemorrhage   a loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time, either externally or internally  
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hemostasis   the termination of bleeding by mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body  
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heparin   a naturally occuring anticlotting factor present in the body  
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hyperalbuminemia   an increased level of albumin in the blood  
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hyperbilirubiemia   greater than normal amounts of the bile pigment, bilirublin in the blood  
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hyperlipemia   an excessive level of blood fats, usually caused by a lipoprotein lipase deficiency or a defect in the conservation of low-desity lipoproteins to high-density lipoproteins  
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hyperlipidemia   an excessive level of blood fats, usually caused by a lipoprotein lipase deficiency or a defect in the conservation of low-desity lipoproteins to high-density  
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ion   an electrically charged particle  
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leukocyte   a white blood cell, one of the formed elements of the circulating blood system  
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leukocytopenia   an abnormal decrease in number of white blood cells to fewer than 5,000 cells per cubic millimeter  
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megakaryocyte   an extremely large bone marrow cell  
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monocyte   a large mononuclear leukocyte  
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myeloid   of a pertanining to the bone marrow or the spinal cord  
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neutrophil   a polymorphonuckear (multiobed nucleus) granular leukocyte that stains easily with neutral dyes  
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pancytopenia   a marked reduction in the number of the red blood cells, which blood cells and platelets  
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pica   a craving to eat unusual substances(non food substances)  
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plasma   the watery, straw-colored, flid portion of the lymph andthe blood in which the leukocytes, erythrocytes and plateltes are suspended  
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platlet   a clotting cell  
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prothrombin   a plasma protein prescursor of thrombin  
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reticulocyte   an immature erythocyte characterizes by a meshlike pattern of threads and particles at the former site of the nucleus  
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septicemia   systemic infection in which pathogens are present in the circulating bloodstream, having spread from an infection in any part of the body  
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seroconversion   a change in serologic tests from negative to positive as antibodies developn in reaction to an infection or vaccine  
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serology   the branch of laboratory medicine that studies blood serum for evidence of infection by evaluting antigen-antibody reactions  
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thrombus   a clot  
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thromboplastin   a complex substance that initiates the clotting process by converting prothrombin into thrombin in the presence of calcium ion  
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thrombocytopwnia   an abnormal hematologic condition in which the number of platelets is reduced  
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thrombocyte   a clotting cell  
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thrombin   an enzyme formed from prothrombin, calcium, and thromboplastin in plasma during the clotting process  
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stem cell   a formative cell, a cell whose daugther cells may give rise to other cell types  
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splenomegaly   an abnormal enlagrement of the spleen  
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serum   the clear, thin and sticky fluid portion of the blood that remains after cogualtion  
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agglutin/o   to clump  
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aniso-   unequal  
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myel/0   bone marrow or spinal cord  
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morph/0   form, shape  
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mono-   one  
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-lytic   destruction  
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kary/0   nucleus  
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is/o   equal  
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hemat/o   blood  
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hem/o   blood  
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-globin   conatining protein  
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erythr/o   red  
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-emia   blood condition  
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cyt/o   cell  
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coagual/o   clotting  
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chrom/o   color  
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blast/o   embryonic stage of development  
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bas/o   base  
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thromb/o   clot  
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-stasis   stopping or controlling  
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spher/o   round; sphere  
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sider/o   iron  
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poikil/o   varied, irregular  
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-poiesis   formation  
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-philia   attraction to  
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-phoresis   transmission  
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phag/o   to eat  
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-penia   decrease in  
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-osis   condition  
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-oid   resembling  
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nucle/o   nucleus  
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