med term chapter 9
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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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agglutination | the clumping of cells as a result of interaction with specific antibodies.
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albumin | a plasma protein
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antibodies | substances produced by the body in response to bacteria, virusis, or other foreign substances.
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allergen | a substance that can produce a hypertensive reaction in the body
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allergy | a hypertensive reaction to normally harmless antigens,most of which are environmrntal.
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anaphylaxis | an exaggerated life threatening hypertensivity reaction to a previously encountered anigen.
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antigens | a substance , usually a protein that causes the information of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody.
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ascites | an abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of a fluid containing large amounts of protein and electrolytes
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basophil | a granulocytic white blood cell characterized by cytoplasmic ganules that stain blue when exposed to a basic dye.
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bilirubin | the orange-yellow pigment of bile formed principally by the breakdown of hemoglobin in red blood cells after termination of their normal life span
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coagulation | the process of transforming a liquid into a solid, especialy of the blood.
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corpuscle | any cell of the body
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differeniation | the process of development in which unspecailized cells or tissues are systematically modified and altered to achive specific and characteristic physical forms, physiologic functions, and chemical properties.
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dyscrasia | an abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow.
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edema | the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interestitial spaces of tissues
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electrophoresis | the movement of charged suspended particles through a liquid medium in response to changes in an electric field.
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enzyme | an organic substance that initiats and accelerates a chemical reaction.
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eosinophil | a granulocytic, bilobed leukocyte somewhat larger than a neutrophill characterized by large numbers of coarse, refractile, cytoplasmic granules that stain with the acid dye ecosin
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erythremia | an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells
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erythroblast | an immature red blood cell
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erythrocyte | a mature red blood cell
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erythropoiesis | the process of red blodd cell production
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erythropoetin | a hormone synthesized mainly in the kidneys and releases into the bloodstream in response to anoxia.
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fibrin | a stringy,insoluble protein that is the sunstance of a blood clot
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fibrinogen | a plasma protein converted into a fibrin by thrombin in the presance of calcium ions
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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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globulin | a plasma protein mad in the liver.
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granulocyte | a type of leukocyte characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic granules
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hematologist | a medical specailist in the feild of hematology
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hematology | the scientific study of blood and blood- forming tissues
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heme | the pigmented iron containing, non-protein portion of the hemoglobin molecule.
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hemoglobin | a complex protien-iron compound in the blood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lugs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs.
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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 blood cell.
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hemorrhage | a loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time.
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hemotosis | the termination of bleeding my mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body.
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heparin | a naturally occuring anticlotting factor presant in the body
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hyperalbuminemia | an increased level of albumin in the blood
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hyperbilirubinemia | greater that normal amounts of the bile pigment in the blood.
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hyperlipemia | an exessive level of blood fats.
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ion | an electrically charged partical
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leukocyte | a white blood cell
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leukocytoprnia | an abnormal decrease in number of white blood cells.
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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 or pertaining to the bone marrow or the spinal cord
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neutrophil | a polymorphonuclear granular leukocyte that stains easy with neural eyes
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pancytoprnia | a marked reduction in the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
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pica | craving to eat unusual subatances
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plasma | the watery, straw-colored, fluid prtion of the lymph and the blood in the leukocytes.
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platelet | a clotting cell
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prothrombin | a plasma protein precursor of thrimbin
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reticulocyte | an immature erthyrocyte characterized 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 presant in the circulating bloddstream.
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splenomegaly | an abnormal enlargement of the spleen
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stem cell | a formative cell
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thrombocyte | a cloting cell
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threombocytopenia | an abnormal hematoloic condition in which the number of platelets is reduced
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thromboplastin | a complex substance that initiates the clotting process by converting prothrombin in the presance of calcium ion
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thrombus | a clot
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agglutin/o | to clump
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anisio- | unequal
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bas/o | base
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blast/o,-blast | embryonic stage of devolopment
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chrom/o | color
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coagul/o | clotting
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cyt/o | cell
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-emia | blood condition
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eosin/o | red,rosy
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erthyr/o | red
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-globin | containing protein
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hem/o | blood
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hemat/o | blood
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is/o | equal
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kary/o | nucleus
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leuk/o | white
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-lytic | destruction
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mono- | one
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morph/o | form, shape
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myel/o | bone marrow, or spinal cord
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nucle/o | nucleus
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-oid | esembling
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-osis | condition
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-penia | decrease in
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-phage | to eate
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phag/o | to eat
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-philia | attreaction to
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-phoresis | transmission
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=poiesis | formation
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poikil/o | varied
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sider/o | iron
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spher/o | round
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-stasis | stopping or controlling
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thromb/o | clot
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Ab | antibody
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Ag | anitgen
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ABO | blood groups,A,AB,B and O
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AHF | antihemophiliac factor
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AHG | antihemolytic globin
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ALL | acute lymphatic leukmia
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AML | acute myelogenous leukemia
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BMT | bone marrow transplatation
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CBC | complete blood cell count
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Hb | hemoglobin
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LDL | low-density lipoprotein
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segs | segmented neutophils
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