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24 Cards in this Set
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ABO SYSTEM
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SYSTEM OF TYPING BLOOD ACCORDING TO THE PRESENCE (OR ABSENCE) OF TWO ANTIGENS ON RED BLOOD CELL MEMBRANES
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ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
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CANCER OF THE BLOOD IN WHICH IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTES PROLIFERATE IN BONE MARROW, THE THYMUS, AND THE LYMPH NODES
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AGGLUTINATION
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LUMPING OF CELLS, PARTICULARLY IN REFERENCE TO RED BLOOD CELLS INVOLVED IN A ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTION
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AGRANULAR LEUKOCYTE
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WHITE BLOOD CELL WITH POORLY VISIBLE CYTOPLASMIS GRANULES
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ANEMIA
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CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A DEFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS OR HEMOGLOBIN. SEE ALSO IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS ANEMIA.
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ANTIBODY
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PROTEIN PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF SOME FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BLOOD OR TISSUES.
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ANTIGEN
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FOREIGN SUBSTANCES, USUALLY A PROTEIN, THAT STIMULATES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES.
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APLASTIC ANEMIA
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AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS BROUGHT ON BY DAMAGE TO THE RED BONE MARROW DUE TO RADIATION OR CHEMICALS.
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BASOPHIL
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LEUKOCYTE WITH A GRANULAR CYTOPLASM AND THAT IS ABLE TO BE STAINED WITH A BASIC DYE.
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DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN
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HEMOGLOBIN NOT CARRYING OXYGEN
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DIFFERENTIAL WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
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MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF A BLOOD SAMPLE IN WHICH EACH OF WHITE BLOOD CELL IS COUNTED
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EMBOLUS
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MOVING BLOOD CLOT THAT IS CARRIED THROUGH THE BLOODSTREAM.
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EOSINOPHIL
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GRANULAR LEUKOCYTE CAPABLE OF BEING STAINED WITH THE DYE EOSIN.
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FIBRIN
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INSOLUBLE PROTEIN THREADS FORMED FROM FIBINOGEN DURING BLOOD CLOTTING.
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FIBRINOGEN
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PLASMA PROTEIN THAT IS COVERTED INTO FIBRIN THREADS DURING BLOOD COAGULATION.
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FORMED ELEMENT
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CELLULAR CONSTITUENT OF BLOOD.
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GAMMA GLOBULIN
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TYPE OF GLOBULIN, A CLASS OF PROTEINS IN THE BLOOD; INCLUDES ALL ANTIBODIES.
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GLOBIN
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PROTEIN PORTION OF A HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE.
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GRANULAR LEUKOCYTE
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WHITE BLOOD CELL WITH PROMINENT GRANULES IN THE CYTOPLASM.
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HEMARTHROSIS
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BLEEDING INTO JOINTS CAUSED BY INSUFFICIENT CLOTTING FACTORS.
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HEMATOCRIT
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VOLUME PERCENTAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS WITHIN A SAMPLE OF WHOLE BLOOD.
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HEME
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IRON-CONTAINING PORTION OF A HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE.
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HEMOGLOBIN
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PIGMENT OF RED BLOOD CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR OXYGEN TRANSPORT.
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HEMOGLOBIN
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PIGMENT OF RED BLOOD CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR OXYGEN TRANSPORT.
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