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Aerobic

Grows well in oxygen

Amorphous

Shapeless

Anaerobic

Will not grow well or at all in oxygen

Anisocytosis

A marked variation in size of an erythrocyte

Basophil

Least common of white blood cells; dark purple cytoplasmic granules.

Crystals

Found in normal urine sediment; large quantities should be noted

Culture

Testing specimens for growth of bacteria

Erythrocyte

Red blood cells

Hematopoiesis

Formation of blood cells

Hemoglobin

Molecule with red blood cell that transports oxygen

Hyperglycemia

High blood glucose level

Hypochromic

Rbc lacking in hemoglobin showing too large of a pale central area

Hypoglycemia

Low blood sugar

Ketone

Chemical produced during increased metabolism of fat

Ketoacidosis

Accumulation of ketones in the body; ua may smell sweet; common in diabetics

Leukocytes

White blood cell

Mantoux test

An intradermal injection test for tb

Mordant

Substance that causes dye to adhere to an object

Morphology

Form and structure of an organism

Mycology

Study of fungi

Normocytic

Describes a normal sized erythrocyte

Poikilocytosis

Cells with variation in shape

Sediment

Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Supernatant

Urine that appears above sediment when centrifuged

Turbid

Opaque; lacking clarity

AB

Universal blood type

ABO

Blood groups

BCG

Tuberculosis vaccine

BS

Blood sugar

ESR

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

CA

Cancer, carcinoma

CSF

Cerebrospinal fluid

EBV

Epstein-Barr Virus

FBG

Fasting blood glucose

GTT

Glucose tolerance test

hCG

Human chorionic gonadotropin

Ig

Immunoglobins

IM

Infectious mononucleosis

MCH

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

MCHC

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

MCV

Mean corpuscular volume

O&P

Ova and parasites

pH

Potential hydrogen ion concentration

PKU

Phenylketonuria

PPD

Purified protein derivative

QC

Quality control

RDW

Red blood cell distribution width

SG

Specific gravity

TB

Tuberculin

WBC, wbc

White blood count, white blood cell