Medical Terminology - Blood&lymph.&abbrev.

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GRANULAR WBC
NEUTRAL STAIN
FIGHTS INFECTION BY PHAGOCYTOSIS

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NEUTROPHIL

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A FEELING OF UNWELLNESS

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MALAISE

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GRANULAR WBC
DARK STAIN
BRINGS ANTICOAGULANT SUBSTANCES TO INFLAMED TISSUES

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BASOPHIL

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GRANULAR WBC
ROSE STAIN
INCREASES WITH ALLERGY AND SOME INFECTIONS

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EOSINOPHIL

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RELATING TO THE WHOLE BODY RATHER THAN A PART

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SYSTEMIC

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A CONDITION OCCURING WITHOUT A CLEARLY IDENTIFIED SOURCE

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IDIOPATHIC

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GROUP OF HEREDITARY BLEEDING DISORDERS IN WHICH THERE IS A DEFECT IN CLOTTING FACTORS NECESSARY FOR BLOOD COAGULATION

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HEMOPHILIA

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DRUG THAT CAUSES A NARROWING OF BLOOD VESSELS

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VASOCONSTRICTOR

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A DRUG THAT PREVENTS CLOTTING OF BLOOD

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ANTICOAGULANT

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A PROCESS OR MEASURE THAT PREVENTS DISEASE

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PROPHYLAXIS

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TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD VOLUNTARILY DONATED BY ANY PERSON WHO IS COMPATIBLE

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HOMOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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COMBINATION OF SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS THAT GIVE A DISTINCT CLINICAL PICTURE OF A PARTICULAR CONDITION OR DISEASE

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SYNDROME

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PREDICTION OF THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF A DISEASE

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PROGNOSIS

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STATE OF BEING SUBJECT TO DEATH

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MORTALITY

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THROMBOCYTES
CELL FRAGMENTS IN THE BLOOD ESSENTIAL FOR BLOOD CLOTTING

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PLATELETS

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BREAKDOWN OF THE RBC MEMBRANE

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HEMOLYSIS

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SUBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF DISEASE
PERCIEVED BY PATIENT AND THEY TELL YOU OF IT

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SYMPTOM

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AGRANULOCYTIC WBC
ACTIVE IN THE PROCESS OF IMMUNITY
3 CATEGORIES: T-CELLS, B-CELLS, AND NK CELLS

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LYMPHOCYTE

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AN ABNORMALLY REDUCED NUMBER OF RBC'S

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ERYTHROPENIA

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MACROCYTIC, NORMOCHROMIC TYPE OF ANEMIA
CHARACTERIZED BY INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF B12 CAUSING RBC'S TO BECOME LARGE, VARIED IN SHAPE& REDUCED IN NUMBER

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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

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NORMOCYTIC, NORMOCHROMIC TYPE OF ANEMIA
CHARECTERIZED BY THE FAILIRE OF BONE MARROW TO PRODUCE RBC'S

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APLASTIC ANEMIA

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A CONDITION THAT HAPPENS AFTER, AND USUALLY AS THE RESULT OF , A PREVIOUS INJURY OR DISEASE

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SEQUELA

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DRUG THAT CAUSES DILATION OF BLOOD VESSELS

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VASODILATOR

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TEST TO MEASURE ACTIVITY OF PROTHROMBIN IN THE BLOOD

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PROTHROMBIN TIME

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NOT SIGNIFICANT: NOT NOTEWORTHY

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UNREMARKABLE

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RELATING TO A FEVER

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FEBRILE

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REMOVAL OF A LYMPH NODE

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LYMPHADENECTOMY

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BLEEDING DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AN ABNORMAL DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PLATELETS IN THE BLOOD,
IMPAIRS THE CLOTTING PROCESS

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THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF DISEASE
CAN BE SEEN OR VERIFIED BY EXAMINATION

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SIGN

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MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE BLOOD FORMING ORGANS, MARKED BY ABNORMAL WBC'S IN BLOOD & BONE MARROW - CAN BE ACUTE OR CHRONIC - CLASSIFIED BY TYPE OF WBC AFFECTED

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LEUKEMIA

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DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A DISEASE BASED ON AN EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMS,SIGNS & TEST FINDINGS

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DIAGNOSIS

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PROTEIN-IRON COMPOUND CONTAINED IN THE RBC. HAS BONDING CAPABILITIES

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HEMOGLOBIN

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HAVING SEVERE SYMPTOMS AND A SHORT COURSE

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ACUTE

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PRESENCE OF RBC'S OF UNEQUAL SIZE

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ANISOCYTOSIS

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ANY DISEASE WHERE THERE IS A DETERIORATION OF STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF A TISSUE

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DEGENERATIVE DISEASE

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HARMFUL OR CANCEROUS

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MALIGNANT

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MILD OR NON - CANCEROUS

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BENIGN

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WHITE BLOOD CELL
PROTECTS BODY FROM INVASION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES

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LEUKOCYTE

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MICROTIC, HYPOCHROMIC TYPE OF ANEMIA
CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF IRON

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IRON DEFECIENCY ANEMIA

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AGRANULOCYTIC WBC
PERFORMS PHAGOCYTOSIS TO FIGHT INFECTION

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MONOCYTE

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LIQUID PORTION OF THE BLOOD LEFT AFTER CLOTTING PROCESS

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SERUM

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A CONDITION DEVELOING SLOWLY AND PERSISTING OVER TIME

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CHRONIC

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VESSELS THAT RECIEVE LYMPH FROM THE LYMPH CAPILLARIES AND CIRCULATE IT TO THE LYMPH NODES

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LYMPH VESSELS

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ANY NEOPLASTIC DISORDER OF LYMPH TISSUE, USUALLY MALIGNANT
ex. HODGKINS'

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LYMPHOMA

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VIRAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASE IN MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN THE BLOOD, ENLARGED LYMPH NODES, FATIGUE, AND SORE THROAT

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MONONUCLEOSIS

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MANY SMALL OVAL STRUCTURES THAT FILTER THE LYMPH RECIEVED FROM THE LYMPH VESSELS

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LYMPH NODES

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SICK:
A STATE OF DISEASE

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MORBIDITY

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A PERIOD IN WHICH SYMPTOMS OR SIGNS STOP OR ABATE
NOT A CURE

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REMISSION

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DISORDER THAT RESULTS FROM THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF A FETUS WITH AN Rh POSITIVE BLOOD FACTOR & A MOTHER WHO ID Rh - , CAUSING RBC DESTRUCTION IN THE FETUS

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ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS

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INCREASE IN SEVERITY OF DISEASE WITH AGGRAVATION OF SYMPTOMS

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EXACERBATION

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CAUSE OF A DISEASE

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ETIOLOGY

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measurement of the percentage of packed RBC's in a given volume of blood

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HEMATOCRIT

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OVERABUNDANCE OR INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RBC'S & HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD

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POLYCYTHEMIA

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COMMON LAB TEST
SCREEN OF GENERAL HEALTH OR FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
INCLUDES WBC, RBC, HGB, & HCT

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COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
(CBC)

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PUNCTURE OF A VEIN TO WITHDRAW BLOOD FOR TESTING

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PHLEBOTOMY OR VEINIPUNCTURE

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RED BLOOD CELL
TRANSPORTS OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE WITHIN THE BLOODSTREAM

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ERYTHROCYTE

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X-RAY OF A LYMPH NODE OR VESSEL TAKEN AFTER INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM

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LYMPHANGIOGRAM

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ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN

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SPLENOMEGALY

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PRESENCE OF LARGE RBC'S

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MACROCYTOSIS

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FLUID ORIGINATING IN THE ORGANS AND TISSUES OF THE BODY THAT IS CIRCULATED THROUGH THE LYMPH VESSSELS

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LYMPH

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ORGAN BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND DIAPHRAGM THAT FILTERS OUT AGING BLOOD CELLS, REMOVES CELLULAR DEBRIS, AND PROVIDES THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE INITIATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES BY LYMPHOCYTES

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SPLEEN

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PRESENCE OF ENLARGED LYMPH NODES

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LYMPHADENOPATHY

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DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF EACH TYPE OF WBC SEEN ON A STAINED BLOOD SMEAR, EACH TYPE REPORTED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL EXAMINED

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DIFFERENTIAL COUNT

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LIQUID PORTION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH CONTAINING WATER, PROTEINS, SALTS, NUTRIENTS, HORMONES, VITAMINS AND CELLULAR COMPONENTS

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PLASMA

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TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN DONATED BY AND STORED FOR A PATIENT FOR FUTURE USE

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AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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SYSTEMIC DISEASE CAUSED BY THE INFECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR TOXINS IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD

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SEPTICEMIA

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REMOVAL OF THE SPLEEN

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SPLENECTOMY