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34 Cards in this Set
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phag/o
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eat;swallow
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myel/o
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spinal cord;bone marrow
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bas/o
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alkaline;the opposite of acid
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morph/o
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shape;form
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coagul/o
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coagulation(clotting)
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hemat/o
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blood
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cyt/o
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cell
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-poiesis
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formation
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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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-lytic
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to reduce,destroy
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-oid
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resembling
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micro-
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small
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an-
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no;not;without
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mega-
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large
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poly-
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many;much
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phagocyte
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cell that eats another cell
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myelogenous
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pertaining to blood cells produce in the bone marrow
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coagulation
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process of blood clotting
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myeloid
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derived from bone marrow
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basophil
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white blood cells with dark granules
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coagulopathy
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disease of blood clotting
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pancytopenia
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deficiency of all blood cells
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remission
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to send back to good health
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relapse
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sliding or falling back
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stem cell
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cell that gives rise to all forms of specialized cells in the body
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fibrin
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protein threads that form the basis of a blood clot
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plasma
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liquid portion of blood
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bilirubin
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yellow-orange pigment found in bile
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BMT
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bone marrow transplantation
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PT
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prothrombin time (test of the ability of blood to clot)
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AML
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acute myelogenous leukemia(immature granulocyte predominate)
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ALL
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acute lymphocytic leukemia(immature lymphocytes predominate.
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ESR
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erythrocyte sedimentation rate(venous blood is collected into an anticoagulant)
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