Unit 7 - Blood CW Flashcards
(20 cards)
process of obtaining bone marrow for transplantation.
harvesting
name of cells present in Hodgkin’s Disease (two words)
Reedsternberg
suffix meaning blood condition
aemia
a cell in bone marrow giving rise to different types of blood cells is a what cell?
stem
abnormal reduction of all blood cells
pancytopenia
a virus that causes enteritis and retinitis
cytomegalovirus
second-line immune defence results in what sort of response?
inflammatory
a general increase in red blood cells causing blood consistency to be viscous (two words)
polycythaemia vera
suffix meaning stop, control
stasis
a form of anaemia where there is iron overload
sideroblastic
separation of blood into its parts
apheresis
increase in neutrophils
neutrophilia
process of formation of erythrocytes
erythropoiesis
mildly elevated white cell count
leukocytosis
combining form meaning protection
immuno
excision of a lymph gland
lymphadenectomy
combining form meaning eat, swallow
phago
small red blood cells
microcytosis
giving blood or bone marrow for your own use is known as what sort of collection?
autologous
abnormal decrease in red blood cells
erythropenia
