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83 Cards in this Set
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Allo-
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Other, different from normal
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Anti-, Ant-
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Aganist, opposing
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Auto-
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Self, same
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Embolus, Embol/o
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A plug
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Kal/i
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Potassium
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Kary/o
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Nucleus of a cell
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Mega-, Megal/o, -megaly
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large, oversize
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Morph/o
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Form or shape
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow or spinal cord
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Natr/i
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Sodium
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Nucle/o
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nucleus
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Pan-
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All, entire
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Pro-
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Before, a precursor, for
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thrombus, thromb/o
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Blood clot
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-genous, -genic
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pertaining to production, origin
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-oid
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Resembling, like, having the form of
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-ous
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pertaining to, made of, containing. Adj
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-blast
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an immature precursor cell
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-gen
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Name of the agent that produces object or state indicated by the word stem
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-genesis
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production, formation, or development
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-in, -ine
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compound formed in the body or a drug
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-ism
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condition
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-penia
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condition of lack, or deficiency
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-philia, -phil
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to love, have an affinity for
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-phobia, -phobe
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fear, have an aversion to
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-poiesis
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process of making or producing
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-rhage, -rhagia, -rrhagia
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Condition of excessive or abnormal discharge, esp. bleeding.
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Anticonvuslant
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agent that tends to prevent or stop convulsions
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Karyolysis
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Dissolution of the cell nucleus.
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Embolism
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Obstruction of a vessel by a transported clot or other forgein material.
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Cardiomegaly or Megalocardia
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Enlargement of the heart
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Morphology
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the science of the form and structure of organisms and their parts.
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Myelitis
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Inflammation of the bone marrow, or inflammation of the spinal cord
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Prothrombin
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A compound in plasma which is converted to thrombin in the coagulation of blood
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Pancytopenia
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A reduction in all of the cellular elements of blood
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Anuclear
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Having no nuclei
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Autolysis
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Self-digestion of cells or tissues by their own enzymes
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Fibroblasts
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An elongated cell in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers
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Thrombosis
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the formation of a clot within a vessel or the heart; the presence of an intravascular clot at the site of its formation
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Chondrogenic
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giving rise to or forming cartilage
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Histogenesis
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the formation and development of tissues
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Immunogen
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substance which stimualtes the production of active immunity
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Sigmoid
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Resembling the letter "S" or the greek sigma
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Hypnotism
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Induced condition resembling sleep in which the subject is susceptible to suggestion
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Thrombin
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A compound formed in the plasma in the process of coagulation
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Allo-
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Other, different from normal
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Anti-, Ant-
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Aganist, opposing
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Auto-
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Self, same
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Embolus, Embol/o
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A plug
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Kal/i
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Potassium
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Kary/o
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Nucleus of a cell
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Mega-, Megal/o, -megaly
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large, oversize
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Morph/o
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Form or shape
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow or spinal cord
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Natr/i
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Sodium
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Nucle/o
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nucleus
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Pan-
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All, entire
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Pro-
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Before, a precursor, for
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thrombus, thromb/o
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Blood clot
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-genous, -genic
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pertaining to production, origin
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Eosinophil
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An eosinophilic leukocyte--a white blood cell with granules which stain readily with eosin
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Granulocytopenia
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less than normal number of granulocytes in the blood
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Squamous
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Scale-like, scaly
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Hemorrhage
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Bleeding; a flow of blood, especially profuse
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Hematopoiesis
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Formation of blood
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Hematophobia
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An unfounded and morbid fear of blood
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Allograft
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Transplant of tissue from one member to another of the same species (hemograft)
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Hypernatremia
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An abnormally high plasma concentration of sodium ions.
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Hyperkalemia
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A greater than normal concentration of potassium ions in the circulating ions.
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Allogeneic, Allogenic
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Denoting individuals, tissues, or cell types of the same species that are antigenically distint due to differences in genotype
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Allogeneic, Allogenic
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Denoting individuals, tissues, or cell types of the same species that are antigenically distinct due to difference in genotype
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Anemia
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a condition in which there is a reduction in the number of circulating red blood cels, in hemoglobin, or in volume of packed red cells per dL of blood, or in a combination of these.
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Autolytic
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Pertaining to enzymatic destruction of cells by enzymes present within them; destruction of cells, especially red blood cells, by the action of a lysin in one's own serum
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Embolism
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the obstruction or occlusion of a vessel by a transported clot, mass of bacteria, air bubbles, fat globule, or foreign material
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Endogenous
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Orignating within the organism
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Erythropoiesis
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the formation of red blood cells
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Exogenous
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Originating or produced outside the organism
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Leukopenia
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Any situation in which the total number of leukocytes in the circulating bloood is less than normal generally less than 5,000 per cubic millimmeter
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Megakaryocyte
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a large cell, with a large multi-lobed nucleus, which is normally present in bone marrow and give rise to platelets
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Myeloid
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Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling the bone marrow; pertaining to the spinal cord; resembling myelocytes withour orignating in bone marrow
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Hyperkalemia
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A greater than normal concentration of potassium ions in the circulating blood
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Thrombocytopenia
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A condition in which the number of platelets in the circulating blood is abnormally low.
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Thrombosis
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the formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel or the heart, the clot remaining as its point of formation
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