Medical Terminology Chapters 13-17

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Blood cell containing granules that stain blue

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Leukocyte

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Hypochochromic anemia

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Decreased concentration of hemoglobin in RBC's

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Become macrophages as they leave the blood

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Monocyte

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Deficiency in iron in serum

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Sideropenia

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Platelet

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Thrombocyte

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Removal of plasma from other parts of blood

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Plasmapheresis

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Percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood

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Hematocrit

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Larger erythrocytes

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Macrocyte

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Anticoagulant substance

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Heparin

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Disease of clotting process

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Coagulopathy

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Substance that the body recognizes as foreign

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Antibodies

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Unusual hypersensitivity to previously encountered foreign proteins

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Anaphylaxis

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Fluid in the spaces in between cells

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Interstitial

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Syndrome marked by enlargement of the spleen

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Hyperspleenism

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Phagocyte found in lymph nodes

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Macrophages

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Malignant tumor of the thymus gland

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Thymoma

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Pertaining to poison

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Toxin

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Swelling due to interstitial fluid accumulation

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Lymphedema

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Chronic, disabling diseases caused by the abnormal production of antibodies against normal body tissues

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Autoimmune diseases

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Absence of the spleen

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Asplenia

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Hump on the back

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Kyphosis

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Spinal column is bent abnormally to the side

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Scoliosis

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Normal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine becomes exaggerated

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Spondylosis

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Operation often performed to relieve the symptoms of the compression of the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots

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Laminectomy

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Surgical chisel designed to cut bone

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Osteotome

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Movement away from the body

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Abduction

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Movement toward the body

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Adduction

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Chronic pain & stiffness in muscles, joints & fibrous tissue

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Fibramyalgia

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Speciality of medicine dealing with bones & bone diseases

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Orthopedics

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Profuse sweating

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Diaphorisis

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No pigment in skin, hair & eyes

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Albinism

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Needle or blade used during surgery to burn through tissue by means of an electrical current

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Electrocauttery

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Mycosis

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Athletes foot

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Surgery to remove wrinkles

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Rhytidectomy

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Surgical procedure to remove acne scars & tattoos

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Dermabrasion

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Dry, scaly skin

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Ichtyosis

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Inflammation & swelling of the tissue around the nail

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Paronychia

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Pertaining to under a nail

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Subungual

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Specialist in diseases of the skin

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Dermatologist

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Pink eye

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Conjunctivitis

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Pertaining to tears

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Lacrimal

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Measures & examines eyes & prescribes lenses

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Opthamologist

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Eyes turn inward, cross eyed

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Esotropia

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Defect in the surface of the cornea

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Corneal abrasion

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Pertaining to within the eye

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Intraocular

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Pertaining to hearing or sound

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Auditory

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Pertaining to the ear

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Aural

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Acute sensitivity to sound

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Hyperacusis

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Bilateral hearing loss occurring due to old age

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Presbycusis

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Record of hearing

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Audiogram

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Forward slipping of a vertebra over a lower vertebra

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Spondylolisthesis