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59 Cards in this Set
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agglutin/o
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clumping, sticking together
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baso/o
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base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
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chrom/o
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color
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coagul/o
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clotting
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cyt/o
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cell
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eosin/o
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red, rosy, dawn
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erythr/o
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red
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granul/o
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granules
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hemoglobin/o
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hemoglobin
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is/o
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same, equal
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kary/o
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nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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mon/o
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one, single
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morph/o
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shape, form
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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neutro/o
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neutral (neither base or acid)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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phag/o
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eat, swallow
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poikil/o
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varied, irregular
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sider/o
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iron
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spher/o
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globe, round
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thromb/o
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clot
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-apheresis
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removal, carry away
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-blast
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immature, embryonic
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-cytosis
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abnormal condition of cells
(slight increase in cell numbers) |
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-emia
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blood condition
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-globin
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protein
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-globulin
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protein
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-lytic
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pertaining to destruction
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-oid
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resembling, derived from
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phage
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eat, swallow
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-philia
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attraction for
(an increase in cell numbers) |
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-poiesis
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formation
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-stasis
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stop, control
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ALL
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia
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CLL
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chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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AML
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acute myelogenous leukemia
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CML
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chronic myleogenous leukemia
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CBC
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complete blood count
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BMT
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bone marrow transplant
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diff.
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differential count (wbc's)
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EBV
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Epstein-Barr virus,
the cause of mononucleosis |
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ESR
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erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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Hct
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Hematocrit
percentage of rbc's in a volume of blood |
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Hb, Hgb
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hemoglobin test
total amount of hemoglobin in sample of peripheral blood |
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antiglobulin test (Coombs)
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demonstrates whether the patient's rbc's are coated with antibody (useful for determining Rh factor)
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coagulation time
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time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube
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G-CSF
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granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
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GM-CSF
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granulocyte macrophage
colony-stimulating factor |
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GVHD
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graft versus host disease
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MCH
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mean corpuscular hemoglobin,
avg. amt. of hemoglobin per cell |
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MCHC
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mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration -- avg. concentration
of hemoglobin in a single red cell. When MCHC is low, the cell is hypochromic. |
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MCV
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mean corpuscular volume
avg. volume or size of single rbc When MCV is high, the cells are macrocytic, and when low the cells are microcytic. |
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PT
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prothrombin time
test of ability of blood to clot |
