Chapter 10 Medical Words

Question 1

Substance produced in the body in response to a foreign substance

Answer 1

antibody

Question 2

Blood protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

Answer 2

hemoglobin

Question 3

Condition of excessive amounts of sugar in the blood.

Answer 3

hyperglycemia

Question 4

Natural and man-made substance that inhibits blood clotting.

Answer 4

heparin

Question 5

Condition of deficient amounts of oxygen in the blood.

Answer 5

hypoxia

Question 6

Separation of white blood cells from the blood, which are then transfused back into the patient

Answer 6

leukapheresis

Question 7

Blood condition characterized by overproduction of leukocytes

Answer 7

leukemia

Question 8

Lack of or deficiency of white blood cells

Answer 8

leukocytopenia

Question 9

Abnormal accumulation of lymph in the body which causes swelling

Answer 9

lymphedema

Question 10

Neoplasm that is unusually malignant. Are usually identified as Hodgkin, non-Hodgkin

Answer 10

lymphoma

Question 11

Stopping or controlling the flow of lymph

Answer 11

lymphostasis

Question 12

Condition of excessive amounts of monocytes in the blood

Answer 12

mononucleosis

Question 13

An infection that occurs for frequently or is more severe in people with weakened immune systems

Answer 13

opportunistic infection

Question 14

Separating plasma from blood cells

Answer 14

plasmapheresis

Question 15

Blood condition in which bacteria are present in the blood

Answer 15

septicemia

Question 16

Bacterial culture of blood

Answer 16

seroculture

Question 17

Blood plasma without the clotting factor

Answer 17

serum

Question 18

Lack of iron in the blood

Answer 18

sideropenia

Question 19

Surgical removal of a blood clot

Answer 19

thrombectomy

Question 20

Blood enzyme which causes clotting

Answer 20

thromboplastin

Question 21

Condition of a stationary blood clot

Answer 21

thrombosis

Question 22

A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is transmitted through sexual contact, exposure to infected blood or blood components, and prenatally from mother to infant.

Answer 22

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Question 23

Process of clumping together, as of blood cells that are incompatible. This can occur when performing a type and crossmatch to seek appropriate donor cells for transfusion

Answer 23

agglutination

Question 24

Unusual or exaggerated allergic reaction to foreign substances. It can occur suddenly and be life threatening.

Answer 24

anaphylaxis

Question 25

Foreign substance that includes the formation of antibodies.

Answer 25

antigen

Question 26

Condition in which the body’s immune system becomes defective and produces antibodies against itself.

Answer 26

autoimmune disease

Question 27

Capable of forming a clot

Answer 27

coagulable

Question 28

Blood clot carried in the bloodstream

Answer 28

embolus

Question 29

Process by which fluids and/or IV medications can escape from the blood stream vessels into surrounding tissue

Answer 29

extravascation

Question 30

Destruction of red blood cells

Answer 30

hemolysis

Question 31

Hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation and tenancy to bleed

Answer 31

hemophilia