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protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to presence of a foreign substance called an antigen
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antibody
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substance recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual
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antigen
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substance derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin, produced by the liver, and excreted in the form of bile
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bile pigments
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chemical substances produced by certain cells that initiate, inhibit, increase, or decrease activity in other cells
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cytokines
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all body fluids found outside the cells, including interstitial fluid, plasma, lymph, and cerbrospinal fluid
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extracellular fluid
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organism that maintains or harbors another organism
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host
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ability to develop an immune response, or the ability to recognize antigens and respond to them
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immunocompetent
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specialized lymphocytes that kill abnormal cells by releasing chemicals that destroy the cell membrane causing its inter-cellular fluids to leak out
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natural killer cells
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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
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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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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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neutr/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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ser/o
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serum
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sider/o
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iron
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splen/o
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spleen
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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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embryonic 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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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase (usually used primarily with blood cells
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-penia
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decrease, 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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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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