Chapter 8 - Treatment & Therapy / Abbreviations

Question 1

anticoagulant

Answer 1

anti / coagul / ant

against / coagulation / agent

drug that prevents the coagulation of blood

Question 2

hemostatic

Answer 2

hemo / static

blood / standing

drug that stops the flow of blood

Question 3

thrombolytic

Answer 3

thrombo / lytic

clot / breakdown agent

drug that breaks down blood clots

Question 4

laparosplenectomy

Answer 4

laparo / splen / ectomy

abdomen / spleen / removal

surgical removal of the spleen through the abdomen

Question 5

lymphadenectomy

Answer 5

lymph / aden / ectomy

lymph / gland / removal

surgical removal of a lymph gland (node)

Question 6

lymphadenotomy

Answer 6

lymph / adeno / tomy

lymph / gland / incision

incision into a lymph gland (node)

Question 7

nephrosplenopexy

Answer 7

nephro / spleno / pexy

kidney / spleen / fixation

surgical fixation of the spleen and a kidney

Question 8

splenectomy

Answer 8

splen / ectomy

spleen / removal

surgical removal of the spleen

Question 9

thymectomy

Answer 9

thym / ectomy

thymus / removal

surgical removal of the thymus

Question 10

tonsillectomy

Answer 10

tonsill / ectomy

tonsil / removal

surgical removal of a tonsil

Question 11

apheresis

Answer 11

Greek for, separation

general term for a process, similar to dialysis, that draws out a patient’s blood, removes something from it, then returns the rest of the blood to the patient’s body

Question 12

cytapheresis

Answer 12

cyt / apheresis

cell / separation

apheresis to remove cellular material

Question 13

plasmapheresis

Answer 13

plasm / apheresis

plasma / separation

apheresis to remove plasma

Question 14

plateletpheresis

Answer 14

platelet / pheresis

platelet / separation

apheresis to remove platelets (for the purpose of donating them to patients in need of platelets)

Question 15

transfusion

Answer 15

trans / fusion

across / pour

infusion into a patient of blood from another source

Question 16

AIDS

Answer 16

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Question 17

ALL

Answer 17

acute lymphoblastic leukemai

Question 18

AML

Answer 18

acute myeloid leukemia

Question 19

BMT

Answer 19

bone marrow transplant

Question 20

CBC

Answer 20

complete blood count

Question 21

CML

Answer 21

chronic myeloid leukemia

Question 22

DIC

Answer 22

disseminated intravascular coagulopathy

Question 23

EBV

Answer 23

Epstein-Barr virus

Question 24

ESR

Answer 24

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 25

Hct

Answer 25

hematocrit

Question 26

Hgb

Answer 26

hemoglobin

Question 27

HIV

Answer 27

human immunodeficiency virus

Question 28

HSM

Answer 28

hepatosplenomegaly

Question 29

HUS

Answer 29

hemolytic uremic syndrome

Question 30

INR

Answer 30

international normalized ratio

Question 31

ITP

Answer 31

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Question 32

IV

Answer 32

intravenous

Question 33

IVIG

Answer 33

intravenous immunoglobulin

Question 34

LAD

Answer 34

lymphadenopathy

Question 35

NCAT

Answer 35

no cervical adenopthy or tenderness

Question 36

PLT

Answer 36

platelet count

Question 37

PT

Answer 37

prothrombin time

Question 38

PTT

Answer 38

partial thromboplastin time

Question 39

RBC

Answer 39

red blood count

Question 40

TTP

Answer 40

thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Question 41

WBC

Answer 41

white blood count