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Anaphylaxis
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Exaggerated, life threatening hypersensitivity to a previously encountered antigen
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Antibody
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Protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a foreign substance called an antigen
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Antigen
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Substance that is recognized as harmful tot he host and stimulates the formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual
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cellular immunity
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Acquired specific resistance, mediated T cells that produces reactive substances
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host
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organism in or on which another, usually parasitic, organism is nourished and harbored
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humoral immunity
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acquired specific resistance, mediated by B cells, that produces antibodies that bind to and dispose of antigens
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immunocompetent
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able to develop an immune response; able to recognize antigens and respond to them
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immunopathology
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The study of disease states associated with overreactivity or underreactivity of the immune response
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opportunistic infection
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An infection occuring in a person with a weakened immune system and caused by a microorganism that under normal conditions, would not bring about disease
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palliative treatment
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Treatment that provides relief, but not a cure
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serum
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Liquid portion of blood that remains after the removal of fibrinogen
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erthrocytes
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red blood cells
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thrombocytes
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platelets
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hematopoiesis
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The development and maturation of blood cells
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leukopoiesis
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White blood cell cevelopement
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hemoglobin
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Iron-containing compound that is developed by erythrocytes and carries oxygen to body tissues
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hemosiderin
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is an iron compound that hemoglobin breaks down into.
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Granulocytes
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leukocytes - Most abundant and contain granules in cytoplasm
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Agranulocytes
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Leukocytes
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Types of Granulocytes
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Neutrophils
Eosinphils Basophils |
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Types of Agranulocytes
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Monocytes
Lymphocytes |
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Serum
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Is a product of blood plasma
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Lymph
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Fluid in lymph system which contains lymphocytes and monocytes
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aden/o
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gland
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agglutin/o
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clumping, gluing
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bas/o
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base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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chrom/o
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color
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eosin/o
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dawn (rose colored)
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erythr/o
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red
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granul/o
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granule
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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immun/o
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immune,, immunity, safe
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kary/o
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nucleus
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland (node)
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lymph/o
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lymph
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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morph/o
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form, shape, structure
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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neutro/o
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neutral, neither
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phag/o
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swallowing, eating
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plas/o
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formation, growth
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poikil/o
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varied, irregular
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reticul/o
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net, mesh
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sider/o
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iron
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ser/o
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serum
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splen/o
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spleen
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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xen/o
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foreign, strange
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-blast
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embroynic cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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-globin
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protein
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-graft
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transplantation
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase
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-penia
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decrase, deficiency
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-phil
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attraction for
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-phylaxis
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protection
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-poiesis
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formation, production
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-stasis
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standing still
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a-
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without
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allo-
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other, differing from the normal
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aniso-
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unequal, dissimilar
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iso-
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same, equal
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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mono-
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one
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poly-
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many, much
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AB
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abortion, antibodies
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ABO
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blood groups A, B and O
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AIDS
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Acquired Immunodifiency Syndrome
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ALL
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actue lymphocytic leukemia
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AML
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Acute myelogenous leukemia
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APTT
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activated partial thromboplastin time
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baso
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basophil (white blood cell)
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CBC
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complete blood count
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CLL
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chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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diff
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differential count (WBC)
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EBV
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Epstein Barr Virus
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