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ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
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IMMUNITY THAT IS A RESULT OF THE BODY DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO DEFENT ITSELF AGAINST A SPECIFIC AGENT AS A RESULT OF HAVING HAD THE DISEASE OR FROM HAVING RECEIVED AN IMMUNIZATION AGAINST A DISEASE
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AGGLUTINATION
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THE CLUMPLING OF CELLS AS A RESULT OF INTERACTION WITH SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES CALLED AGGLUTININS. AGGLUTININS ARE USED IN BLOOD TYOING AND IN IDENTIFYING OR ESTIMATION THE STRENGTH OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS OR IMMUNE SERUMS.
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AIDS
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ACQUIRED IMMNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME DESTROY THE BODYS IMMUNE SYTEME IN THE LAST OF FINAL PHASE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFIENCY VIRUS( hiv) DAMAGES HELPER T CELL
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ALLERGEN
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A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN PRODUCE A HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION IN THE BODY
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ANAPHYLAXIS
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AN EXAGGERATED LIFE-THREATENING HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO PREVIOUSLY ENCOUNTERED ANTIGEN
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ANTIBODIES
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SUBSTANCES PRODUCED BY THE BODY IN RESPONSE TO BACTERIA, VIRUSES, OR OTHER FOREIGN SUBSTANCES. EACH CLASS OF ANTIBODY IS NAMED FOR ITS ACTION.
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ANEMIA
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A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS A DECREASE IN HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD TO LEVELS BELOW THE NORMAL RANGE, RESULTING IN A DEFICIENCY OF OXYGEN BEING DELIVERED TO THE CELLS
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ANTIGENS
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A SUBSTANCEUSUALLY A PROTEIN THAT CAUSES THE FORMATION OF A ANTIBODY AND REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT ANTIBODY
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APLASTIC ANEMIA
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BONE MARROW DEPRESSION ANEMIA,CHARACTERIZED BY PANCYTOPENIA AN INADEQUACY OF THE FORMED BLOOD ELEMENTS (RCBs, WBCs AND PLATELETS)
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BLEEDING TIME
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MEASUREMENT OF THE TIME REQUIRED FOR BLEEDING TO STOP
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BLOOD TRANSFUSION
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ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD
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COAGULATION
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THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING A LIQUID INTO A SOLID ESPECIALLY OF THE BLOOD.
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COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT (CBC)
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SERIES OF TESTS PERFORMED ON PERIPHERAL BLOOD WHICH INEXPENSIVELY SCREENS FOR PROBLEMS IN THE HEMATOLOGIC SYSTEM AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER ORGANS SYSTEMS
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COOMB'S TEST
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TEST USED TO DISCOVER THE PRESENCE OF ANTIERYTROCYTE ANTIBODIES PRESENT IN THE VLOOD OF AN Rh NEGATIVE WOMAN, THE PRODUCTION OF THESE ANTIBODIES IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN Rh INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN A PREGNANT Rh NEGATIVE WOMAN AND HER Rh POSITIVE FETUS.
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DYSCRASIA
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AN ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE BLOOD OR BONE MARROW SUCH AS LEUKEMIA APLASTIC ANEMIA OR PRENATAL Rh INCOMPATIBILITY.
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EDEMA
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THE ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN INTERSTITIAL SPACES OF TISSUE.
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ELSIA
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BLOOD TEST USED FOR SCREENING FOR AN ANTIBODY TO THE AIDS VIRUS
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EMBOLUS
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CIRCULATING CLOT
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ERTHROPOIETIN
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A HORMONE SYNTHESIZED MAINLY IN THE KIDNEYS AND RELEASED INTO BLOODSTREAM IN RESPONSE TO ANOXIA (LAKE OF OXYGEN). THE HORMONE ACTS TO STIMULATE AND REGULATE THE PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES AND IS THUS ABLE TO INCREASETHE OXYGEN-CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE BLOOD
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ERYTRHOCYTE
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A MATURE RED BLOOD CELL
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ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (ESR)
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TEST PERFORMED ON THE BLOOD WHICH MEASURES THE RATE AT WHICH RBC SETTLE OUT IN A TUBE OF UNVLOTTED BLOOD. ESR IS DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE SETTLING DISTANCE OF RBC IN NORMAL SALINE OVER ONE HOUR
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HEMATOLOGIST
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A MEDICAL SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF HEMATOLOGY
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HEMATROCRIT
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AN ASSESSMENT OF RBC PERCENTAGE IN THE TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME
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HEMOGLOBIN
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A COMPLEX PROTEIN-IRON COMPOUND IN THE BLOOD THAT CARRIES OXYGEN TO THE CELLS FROM THE LUNGS AND CARBON DIOXIDE AWAY FROM THE CELLS TO THE LUNGS
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HEMOGLOBIN TEST
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CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT OF THE HEMOGLOBIN IN THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD. TRANSPORTS O2 AND CARBON DIOXIDE HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS PROVIDE INFO ABOUT THE BODY'S ABILITY TO SUPPLY TISSUES WITH OXYGEN
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HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
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EXTREME REDUCTION IN CIRCULATING RBCs DUE TO THEIR DESTRUCTION
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HEMOPHILLIA
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INVOLCES DIFFERENT HEREDITARY INADEQUCIES OF COAGULATION FACTORS RESULTING IN PROLONGED BLEEDING TIMES.
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HEMORRHAGE
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A LOSS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME EITHER EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY. MAY BE ARTERIAL VENOUS OR CAPILLARY.
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HYPERALBUMINEMIA
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AN INCREASED LEVEL OF ALBUMIN IN THE BLOOD
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HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
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GREATER THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF THE BILE PIGMENT, BILRUBIN IN THE BLOOD.
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HYPERLIPEMIA
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GREATER THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF THE BILE PIGMENT, BILRUBIN IN THE BLOOD.
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HYPERLIPIDEMIA
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AN EXCESSIVE LEVEL OF BLOOD FATS,USUALLY CAUSED BY A LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE DEFICIENCY OR A DEFECT IN THE CONVERSION OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS TO HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; ALSO CALLED HYPERLIPIDEMIA.
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HYPERSENSITIVITY
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ABNORMAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY AN EXCESSIVE REACTION TO A PATICULAR STIMULUS
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IMMUNITY
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STATE OF BEING RESISTANT TO OR PROTECTED FROM A DISEASE. THE INDIVIDUAL IS SAID TO BE IMMUNE.
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IRON DEFICINT ANEMIA
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DEFICIENCY OF HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL DUE TO A LACK OF IRON IN THE BODY. THERE IS A GREATER DEMAND ON THE STORED IRON THAN CAN BE SUPPLIED BY THE BODY.
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KAPOSI'S SARCOMA
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LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BLOOD VESSELS ASSOCIATED WITH AIDS TYPICALLY FORMING LESIONS ON THE SKIN
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LEUKEMIA
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EXCESSIVE UNCONTROLLED INCREASE OF IMMATURE WBCs IN THE BLOOD EVENTUALLY LEADING TO INFECTION ANEMIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA (DECREASED NUMBER OF PLATELETS)
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LEUKOCYTE
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A WHITE BLOOD CELL, ONE OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF THE CIRCULATING BLOOD SYSTEM
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HYPERLIPEMIA
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GREATER THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF THE BILE PIGMENT, BILRUBIN IN THE BLOOD.
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LEUKOCYTOPENIA
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AN ABNORMAL DECREASE IN NUMBER OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS TO FEWER THAN 5,000 CELLS PER CUBIC MILLIMETER.
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HYPERLIPIDEMIA
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AN EXCESSIVE LEVEL OF BLOOD FATS,USUALLY CAUSED BY A LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE DEFICIENCY OR A DEFECT IN THE CONVERSION OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS TO HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; ALSO CALLED HYPERLIPIDEMIA.
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LIPID PROFILE
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MEASURES THE LIPIDS IN THE BLOOD
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HYPERSENSITIVITY
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ABNORMAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY AN EXCESSIVE REACTION TO A PATICULAR STIMULUS
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IMMUNITY
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STATE OF BEING RESISTANT TO OR PROTECTED FROM A DISEASE. THE INDIVIDUAL IS SAID TO BE IMMUNE.
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IRON DEFICINT ANEMIA
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DEFICIENCY OF HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL DUE TO A LACK OF IRON IN THE BODY. THERE IS A GREATER DEMAND ON THE STORED IRON THAN CAN BE SUPPLIED BY THE BODY.
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KAPOSI'S SARCOMA
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LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BLOOD VESSELS ASSOCIATED WITH AIDS TYPICALLY FORMING LESIONS ON THE SKIN
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LEUKEMIA
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EXCESSIVE UNCONTROLLED INCREASE OF IMMATURE WBCs IN THE BLOOD EVENTUALLY LEADING TO INFECTION ANEMIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA (DECREASED NUMBER OF PLATELETS)
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LEUKOCYTE
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A WHITE BLOOD CELL, ONE OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF THE CIRCULATING BLOOD SYSTEM
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LEUKOCYTOPENIA
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AN ABNORMAL DECREASE IN NUMBER OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS TO FEWER THAN 5,000 CELLS PER CUBIC MILLIMETER.
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LIPID PROFILE
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MEASURES THE LIPIDS IN THE BLOOD
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LOCAL REACTION
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REACTION TO TREATMENT THAT OCCURS AT THE SITE IT WAS ADMINISTERED
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LYMPH
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INTERSTITIAL FLUID PICKED UP BY THE LYMPHATIC CAPILLARIES AND EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO THE BLOOD. ONCE THE INTERSTITIAL FLUID ENTERS THE LYMPHATIC VESSELS
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LYMPHOCYTE
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SMALL AGRANULOCYTIC LEUKOCYTES ORIGINATING FROM FETAL STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPING IN THE BONE MARROW
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LYMPHANGIOGRAM
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AN X-RAY ASSESSMENT OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM FOLLOWING INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM INTO THE LYMPH VESSELS IN THE HAND OR FOOT.
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LYMPHOMA
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LYMPHOID TISSUE NEOPLASM THAT TYPICALLY MALIGNANT BEGINNING WITH A PAINLESS ENLARGED LYMPH NODE AND PROGRESSING TO ANEMIA WEAKNESS FEVER AND WEIGHT LOSS
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MONONUCLEOSIS
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CAUSED BY THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS TYPICALLY IS BENIGN SELF-LIMITING ACUTE INFECTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTES ALSO CALLED KISSING DISEASE.
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NATURAL IMMUNITY
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IMMUNITY WITH WHICH WE ARE BORN ALSO CALLED GENETIC IMMUNITY
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PANCYTOPENIA
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A MARKED REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS.
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PATHOGENS
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DISEASE-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS
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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
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DEFICIENCY OF MATURE RBCs AND THE FORMATION AND CIRCULATION OF MEGALOBLASTS (LARGENUCLEATED, IMMATURE, POORLY FUNCTIONING RBCs) WITH MARKED POIKILOCYTOSIS (RBC SHAPE VARIATION) AND ANISOCYTOSIS (RBC SIZE VARIATION)
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PLASMA
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THE WATERY STRAW-COLORED FLUID PORTION OF THE LYMPH AND THE BLOOD IN WHICH THE LEUKOCYTES, ERYTHROCYTES AND PLATELETS ARE SUSPENDED
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PLATELET
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A CLOTTING CELL; A THROMBOCYTE
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PLATELET COUNT
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COUNT OF PLATELETS PER CUBIC MILLIMETER OF BLOOD
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POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
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ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RBC GRANULOCYTES AND THROMBOCYTES LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN BLOOD VOLUME AND VISCOSITY (THICKNESS)
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PROTHROMBIN TIME (PT)
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BLOOD TEST USED TO EVALUATE THE COMMON PATHWAY AND EXTRINSIC SYSTEM OF CLOT FORMATION
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PURPURA
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COLLECTION OF BLOOD BENEATH THE SKIN IN THE FORM OF PINPOINT HEMORRHAGES APPEARING AS RED-PURPLE SKIN DISCOLORATIONS
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RED BLOOD CELL COUNT
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MEASUREMENT OF THE CIRCULATING NUMBER OF RBC IN 1 MM3 OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD
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RED BLOOD CELL MORPHOLOGY
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EXAMINATION OF THE RBC ON A STAINED BLOOD SMEAR THAT ENABLES THE EXAMINER TO IDENTIFY THE FORM AND SHAPE OF THE RBCs
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RETICULOCYTE COUNT
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MEASUREMENT OF THE NUMBER OF CIRCULATING RETICULOCYTES IMMATURE ERYTHROCYTES IN A BLOOD SPECIMEN
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SCHILLING TEST
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A DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS FOR PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
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SEPTICEMIA
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SYSTEMIC INFECTION IN WHICH PATHOGENS ARE PRESENT IN THE CIRCULATING BLOODSTREAM HAVING SPREAD FROM AN INFECTION IN ANY PART OF THE BODY
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SEROLOGY
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THE BRANCH OF LABORATORY MEDICINE THAT STUDIES BLOOD SERUM FOR EVIDENCE OF INFECTION BY EVALUATIONG ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS.
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SERUM
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THE CLEAR THIN AND STICKY FLUID PORTION OF THE BLOOD THAT REMAINS AFTER COAGULATION. SERUM CONTAINS NO BLOOD CELLS, PLATELETS OR FIBRINOGEN.
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
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CHRONIC HEREDITARY FORM OF HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN WHICH THE RBCs BECOME SHAPED LIKE A CRESCENT IN THE PRESENCE OF LOW OXYGEN CONCENTRATION
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SPLEENOMEGALY
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AN ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN
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SUCEPTIBLE
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STATE OF HAVING A LACK OF RESISTANCE TO PATHOGENS AND OTHER HARMFUL AGENTS.
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THALASSEMIA
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HEREDITARY FORM OF HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN WHICH THE ALPHA OR BETA HEMOGLOBLIN CHAINS ARE DEFECTIVE AND THE PRODUCTION OF HEMOGLOBIN IS DEFICIENT CREATING HYPOCHROMIC MICROCYTIC RBC
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THROMBOCYTE
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A CLOTTING CELL; A PLATELET
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THROMBUS
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A CLOT
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WBC DIFFERENTIAL
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MEASUREMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH SPECIFIC TYPE OF CIRCULATING WBCs PRESENT IN 1 MM3 OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD DRAWN FOR THE WBC COUNT
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WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
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MEASUREMENT OF THE CIRCULATING NUMBER OF WBCs IN 1 MM3 OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD
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