ch. 15 terms

Question 1

Erythrocytes

Answer 1

red blood cells

Question 2

Leukocytes

Answer 2

White blood cells

Question 3

Leukocytosis

Answer 3

elevation in the number of white blood cells

Question 4

Anemia

Answer 4

blood condition of less than normal levels of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin

Question 5

-philia

Answer 5

increase in particular cell

Question 6

-penia

Answer 6

decrease in particular cell

Question 7

Dyscrasia

Answer 7

any abnormal condition of blood

Question 8

Edema

Answer 8

accumulation of fluid in intercellular space

Question 9

Erythrocytosis

Answer 9

abnormal increase in red blood cells

Question 10

Exudate

Answer 10

material that escaped blood vessels but is high in protein, cells, or solid materials from cells

Question 11

Hemolytic

Answer 11

destroying and removing red blood cells

Question 12

Hemolysis

Answer 12

breakdown of red blood cells

Question 13

Hemophilia

Answer 13

deficient blood coagulation

Question 14

Hemorrhage

Answer 14

loss of blood

Question 15

Hemostasis

Answer 15

act of controlling blood or bleeding

Question 16

Hyperemia

Answer 16

excess blood in a part

Question 17

Leukemia

Answer 17

elevation in number of malignant WBC

Question 18

Lipemia

Answer 18

excessive amount of fats in blood

Question 19

Phagocytosis

Answer 19

condition of eating cells

Question 20

-cytosis

Answer 20

condition of cell but implies elevated cell numbers

Question 21

Septicemia

Answer 21

Condition in which micro organisms and their toxins are present in the blood

Question 22

allergin

Answer 22

substance capable of inducing an allergic reaction

Question 23

lymphoma

Answer 23

general term for a malignant neoplastic disorder of lymphoid tissue

Question 24

anaphylaxis

Answer 24

is a severe response to a foreign substance

Question 25

osteosarcoma

Answer 25

malignant neoplasm composed of bone

Question 26

morphology

Answer 26

study of form

Question 27

Onocology

Answer 27

study of tumors

Question 28

debilitated

Answer 28

weakened

Question 29

Antibody

Answer 29

protein produced by the body in response to a particular foreign substance

Question 30

adenocarcinoma

Answer 30

malignant growth of epithelial glandular tissue

Question 31

blastoma

Answer 31

neoplasm composed | of immature undifferentiated cells

Question 32

hemangioma

Answer 32

benign neoplasm composed of newly formed blood vessels

Question 33

hemangiosarcoma

Answer 33

malignant tumor of vascular tissue

Question 34

melanoma

Answer 34

neoplasm composed of melanin-pigmented cells

Question 35

myeloma

Answer 35

malignant neoplasm | composed of bone marrow

Question 36

myosarcoma

Answer 36

malignant | neoplasm composed of muscle

Question 37

fulguration

Answer 37

destruction of | tissue by high-frequency electrical current

Question 38

protocol

Answer 38

course of treatment