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41 Cards in this Set
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agglutin/o |
Clumping |
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coagul/o |
Clotting |
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Cyt/o |
Cell |
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hem/o |
Blood |
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hemat/o |
Blood |
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leuk/o |
White |
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morph/o |
shape |
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phag/o |
eat, swallow |
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sanguin/o |
blood |
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septic/o |
infection |
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apheresis |
removal , carry away |
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crit |
separation of |
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cyte |
cell |
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cytosis |
more than the normal number |
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emia |
blood condition |
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globin |
protein |
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Condition |
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Pertaining to |
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ion |
Action |
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logy |
study of |
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lytic |
destruction |
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oma |
swelling |
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Otomy |
cutting into |
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ous |
pertaining to |
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Penia |
too few |
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phil |
attracted to |
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plastic |
pertaining to development |
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rrhage |
Abnormal flow |
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rrhagic |
Pertaining to abnormal flow |
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stasis |
standing still |
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poiesis |
formation |
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hematoma |
Blood tumor referred to as a bruise |
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hemophilia |
hereditary blood disease in which blood clotting time is prolonged due to lack of one vital clotting factor |
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septicemia |
blood poisoning having a bacteria or their toxins in the blood stream |
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erythropenia |
the condition of having too few red blood cells |
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pernicious anemia |
anemia associated with insufficient absorption of vitamin B12 by the digestive system |
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Thalassemia |
a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to make functioning hemoglobin, resulting in anemia |
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leukemia |
cancer of white blood cells |
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thrombocytosis |
the condition of having too many platelets |
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Prothrombin Time PT |
a measure of the blood's coagulation ability by measuring how long it takes for a clot to form |
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autologous transfusion |
Procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood several weeks prior to the actual need |
