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function of immune system
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keeps body safe
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over your lifetime you build a resistance to infection
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acquired immunity
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t-cell & b-cell
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lymphocytes
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bad; make you sick
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antigens
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good; body creates them to fight infection
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antibodies
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universal donor
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blood type O
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universal recipient
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blood type AB
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low in rbc; low in hemoglobin
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anemia
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normocytic
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normal-----RBC
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normochromic
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normal color------RBC
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macrocytic
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too large-----RBC
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microcytic
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too small------RBC
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hypochromic
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too low in color------RBC
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AIDS
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acquired immunodificiency syndrome
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HIV
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human immunodificiency virus
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sarcoma, pneumonia
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opportunistic infections----HIV turns to AIDS
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lymphadenopathy
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disease of lymph nodes (swollen glands)
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body is attacking itself--rheumatoid arthritis
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autoimmune disease
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exacerbations
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symptoms are getting worse
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latent periods
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symptoms are getting better--remission
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swelling; accumulation of fluid between cells
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edema
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intercellular
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between cells
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blood doesn't clot like it should
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hemophilia
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Epstein-Barr virus
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causes mono
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body over reacts to allergen
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allergy
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