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Anemia |
A condition where there is a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood below normal levels resulting in a deficiency of oxygen being delivered to the cells |
An = without Emia = blood condition |
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Aplastic anemia |
Also known as bone marrow depression anemia it is characterized by pancytopenia |
A = without Plast/o = formation, development Ic = pertaining to
An = without Emia = blood condition |
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Hemolytic anemia |
Characterized by the extreme reduction in circulating RBCs due to their destruction |
Hem/o = blood Lytic = destruction |
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Iron deficiency anemia |
Charaterized by deficiency of hemoglobin level due to lack of iron. |
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Pernicious anemia |
A condition that results from a deficiency of mature RBCs and the formation and circulation of megaloblasts (large, nucleated, immature poorly fumctioning RBCs) with marked poikilocyctosis (RBC shape variation) and anisocytosis (RBC size variation) |
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Sickle cell anemia |
Chronic, hereditary form of hemolytic anemia in which RBCs become shaped like a crescent in the presence of low oxygen concentration |
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Granulocytosis |
An abnormally elevated number of granulocytes in the circulating blood as a reaction to any variety of inflammation or infection |
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Hemochromatosis |
A rare iron metabolism disease characterized by iron deposits throughout the bidy, usually as a complication of one of the hemolytic anemias. Sufferers have an enlarged spleen and bronze skin pigmentation |
Hem/o = blood Chromat/o = color Osis = condition |
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Hemophilia |
A condition that involves different hereditary inadequacies of coagulation factors resulting in prolonged bleeding times |
Hem/o = blood Phil/o = attraction to Ia = condition |
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Leukemia |
Excessive uncontrolled increase of immature WBCs eventually leading to infection, anemia, and thrombocytopenia |
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Multiple myeloma |
A malignant plasma cell neoplasm that causes an increase in the number of mature and immature plasma cells, which often entirely replace the bone marrow and destroy the skeletal structure. |
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Polycythemia vera |
An abnormal increase in the number of RBCs, granulocytes and thrombocytes, leading to an increase in blood volume and viscosity |
Poly = many, much, excessive Cythemia = condition involving cells ofnthe blood |
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Purpura |
A collection of blood beneath the skin in the form of pinpoint hemorrhages appearing as red-purple skin discoloration |
Purpur/o = purple A = a noun ending |
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Thalassemia |
A hereditary form of hemolytic anemia in which the alpha or beta hemoglobin chains are defective and the production of hemoglobin is deficient, creating hypochromic microcytic RBCs. |
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