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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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an-

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lack of

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self

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ana-

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up

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extra-

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beyond

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

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deficient, below

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mono-

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one

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pan-

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all

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poly-

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many

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pro-

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before

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trans-

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across

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hyp-

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deficient

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aden

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gland

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aden/o

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gland

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agglutinat

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clumping

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all

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other

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angi/o

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vessel

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anis/o

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unequal

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bas/o

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base

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calc

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lime, calcium

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chromat

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color

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fus

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to pour

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coagul

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to clot

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creatin

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flesh, creatine

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cyt

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cell

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hem

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blood

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cyto/o

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cell

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eosin/o

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rose-colored

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erythr/o

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red

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globul

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globe

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granul/o

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little grain

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hemat

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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hem/o

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blood

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leuk

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white

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leuk/o

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white

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lipid

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fat

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log

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study of

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lymph

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lymph

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lymph/o

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lymph

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macr/o

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large

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neutr/o

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neither

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nucle

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kernel, nucleus

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phag/o

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eat, engulf

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plasma

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a thing formed, plasma

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reticul/o

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net

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septic

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putrefying

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ser/o

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whey, serum

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sider/o

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iron

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fibr

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fiber

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splen/o

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spleen

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thalass

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sea

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thromb

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clot

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thromb/o

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clot

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thym

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thymus

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fibrin/o

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fiber

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tonsill

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tonsil

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poiet

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formation

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immun/o

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immunity

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ang

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vessel

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ser (a)

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whey, serum

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plast

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a developing

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vas (at)

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vessel

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vascul

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small vessel

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-able

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capable

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-ant

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forming

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-blast

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immature cell, germ cell

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-body

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body

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-edema

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swelling

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-crit

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to separate

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-culture

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cultivation

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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surgical excision

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-emia

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blood condition

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-ergy

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work

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-gen

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formation, produce

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-phylaxis

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guarding, protection

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-globin

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globe, protein

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-um

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tissue

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-in

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chemical

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-ion

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process

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-ist

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one who specializes

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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destruction

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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mass, fluid collection

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-osis

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condition

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-penia

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lack of

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-pheresis

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removal

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-phil

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attraction

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-philia

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attraction

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-poiesis

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formation

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-stasis

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control, stop, stand still

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-tomy

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incision

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-ia

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condition

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-oxia

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oxygen

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autotransfusion

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Process of reinfusing a patients own blood

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erythrocyte

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Mature red blood cell that does not contain a nucleus

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erythropoietin

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Hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells

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extravasation

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Process by which fluids and/or medications escape from the blood vessel into surrounding tissue

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hemorrhage

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Bleeding

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immunoglobulin

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Blood protein capable of acting as an antibody

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hemochromatosis

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Genetic disease condition in which iron is not metabolized properly and accumulates in body tissues.

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radioimmunoassay

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Method of determining the concentration of protein-bound hormones in the blood plasma

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reticulocyte

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Red blood cell containing a network of granules

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thrombectomy

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surgical excision of a blood clot

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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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AIDS

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body systems isolation

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BSI

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hemoglobin

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Hb, Hgb, HGB

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Hct

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hematocrit

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human immunodeficiency virus

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HIV

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PCP

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pneumocystis carinii

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PT

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prothrombin time

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RBC

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red blood cell

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radioimmunoassay

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RIA

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process of clumping together

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agglutination

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an individual hypersensitivity to a substance that is usually harmless

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allergy

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protein substance produced in the body in response to an invading foreign substance

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antibody

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substance that works against the formation of blood clots

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anticoagulant

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invading foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies

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antigen

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a white blood cell that has an attraction for a base dye

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basophil

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capable of forming a clot

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coagulable

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excess of creatine in the blood

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creatinemia

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granular leukocyte

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granulocyte

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literally means one who specializes in the study of the blood

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hematologist

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blood protein

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hemoglobin

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pathological condition of excessive amounts of sugar in the blood

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hyperglycemia

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pathological condition of excessive amounts of lipids in the blood

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hyperlipidemia

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white blood cell

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leukocyte

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control or stopping of the flow of lymph

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lymphostasis

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condition of excessive amounts of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood

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mononucleosis

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chemical substance that interacts with calcium salts to produce thrombin

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prothrombin

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abnormal enlargement of the spleen

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splenomegaly

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clotting cell; blood platelet

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thromboplastin

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Blood test to identify antigen-antibody reactions

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antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

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Blood test that includes a hematocrit

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Complete blood count (CBC)

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Blood test performed on while blood to determine the percentage of red blood cells

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Hematocrit

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Blood test to determine to the number of leukocytes present

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white blood count (WBC)

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Puncture of the earlobe or forearm to determine the time required for blood to stop flowing

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bleeding time

Medical Terminology (10 decks)

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