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anaphylaxis
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life threatening reaction to an antigen
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antibody
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protective protein created by B lymphocytes in response to foreign materials
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antigen
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substance recognized as harmful (stimulates antibody production)
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cellular immunity
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acquired resistance (by t cells) that exerts cytotoxic effect on harmful cell
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host
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organism on which another organism is nourished
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humoral immunity
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acquired specific resistance (by b cells) that bind and dispose antigens
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immuncompetant
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ability to develop immune response
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immunpathology
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study of disease ttates with over or under reactivity of immunse repsonse
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opportunistic infection
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infection occurring in someone with weak immune system which under normal circumstances wouldn't cause problem
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palliative treatment
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treatment that provides relief, not cure
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serum
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liquid portion of blood after removal of fibrinogen
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aden/o
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gland
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agglutin/o
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clumping
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bas/o
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base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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basophil
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granulocytic white blood cell whose granules have attraction for alkaline dyes
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erythroblastosis
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abnormal condition marked by embryonic red cells circulating in blood
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eosin/o
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dawn (rose colored)
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eosinphil
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granulocytic leukocyte whose granules have attractipon for eosin (dye)
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granul/o
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granule
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granulocyte
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group of leukocytes that have cytoplasmic granules
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name two elemtents for nucleaus
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kary/o
nucle/o |
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leuk/o
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white
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lymphaden/o
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lymph node/gland
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lymphadenopathy
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disease of lymph nodes
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lymphoid
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resembling lymph tissue
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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lymphangioma
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tumor of lymph vessels
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morph/o
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form shape or structure
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myel/o
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bone marrow/spinal cored
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myelogenic
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having origin in the bone marrow
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neutr/o
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neutral
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neutrophilic
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petraining to a neutrophil, granular leukocytes that stains with neutral dyes
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phag/o
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swallowing/eating
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plas/o
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formation/growth
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aplastic
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without growth,
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poikil/o
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varied/irregular
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poikolocytosis
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abnormal increase in RBCs that are irregular in shape
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reticul/o
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net/mesh
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reticulocyte
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immature RBC characterized by meshlike pattern of threads
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sider/o
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iron
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sideropenia
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lack of iron in blood
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ser/o
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serum
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serology
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study of serum compnents of blood
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splen/o
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spleen
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splenorragia
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hemorraging from ruptured spleen
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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xen/o
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strange/forein
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xenograft
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transplantation of tissues from specices to another (heterograft)
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-blast
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embryonic cell
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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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-graft
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transplantation
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leukocytosis
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abnormal increase in WBCs
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-penia
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decrease
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-phil
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attraction for
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neutrophil
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leukocyte whoes granules have attraction for netural die
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-phoresis
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carrying/transmission
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electrophoresis
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lab technique that uses an electric current to separate plasma proteins
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-phylaxis
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protetion
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-poiesis
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fomration/production
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hemopoiesis
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production of blood cells
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-stasis
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standing still
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hemostasis
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termination of bleeding
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allo-
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other, differing from normal
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allograft
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graft transplanted between same species, also called homgraft
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aniso-
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unequal
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anisocytosis
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condition of the blood characterized by RBCs of varied size
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iso-
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same/equal
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isochromic
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having the same colort
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titer
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blood test to measure amount of antibodies in the blood--indicator of immune status
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what does AIDS stand for
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aquired immune deficiency syndrome
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What does HIV stand for
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human immunodeficiency virus
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