MA chapter 50 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| aliquot | A protion of a well-mixed sample removed for testing |
| analyte | The substance or chemical being analyzed or detected in a specimen |
| anticoagulants | chemicals added to the blood after collection to prevent clotting |
| carcinogenic | known to cause canser |
| caustic | capable of burning, corroding, or damaging tissue by chemical action |
| cerebrospinal fluid | fluid within the subarachnoid space, the central canal of the spinal cord, and the four ventricles of the brain |
| cytology | the sutdy of cells using microscopic methods |
| diluent | a liquid used to dilute a specimen or reagent |
| exudates | fluids with high concentration of protein and cellular debris that have escaped from the bood vessels and have been deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces |
| hematoma | a sac filled with blood that may be the result of trauma |
| hemolyzed | a term used to describe a blood sample in which the red blood cells have ruptured |
| pipets | cylindric glass or plastic tubes used to deliver fluids |
| preservatives | substances added to a specimen to prevent deterioration of cells or chemicals |
| referral laboratory | a private or hospital-based laboratory that performs a wide variety of tests, many of them specialized; physicians often send specimens collected in the office to referral laboratories for testing |
| resolution | the ability of the eye to distinguish two objecvts that are very close together; the sharpness of an image. |
| specimen | a sample of body fluid, waste product, or tissue that is collected for analysis |
| stat | a direction that an action is to be taken quickly; an order found on a laboratory requisition indicating that the test must be done immediately |
| teratogenic | known to cause birth defects |
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