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17 Cards in this Set
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erythros
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red
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leukos
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white
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mikros
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small
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makros
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large
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rouleaux
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rolls
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iso
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equal
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tonos
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tension,
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hypo
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under
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hyper
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over
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thrombus
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clot
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penia
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poverty
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opsonins
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something to eat
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osis
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a suffix that when incorporated into a hematological term denotes a process that results in some kind of increase
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poikilo
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varied
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hemolysis
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Alteration, dissolution, or destruction of red blood cells in such a manner that hemoglobin is liberated into the medium in which the cells are suspended;
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extravascular hemolysis
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Extravascular hemolysis occurs when RBCs are phagocytized by macrophages in the spleen, liver and bone marrow
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intravascular hemolysis
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Intravascular hemolysis results from the rupture or lysis of red blood cells within the circulation, i.e. the red cells are lysing in vivo.
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