Vet Term Chapter 8

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Plasma

Back 1

Fluid portion of blood, contains dissolved nutrients, hormones, enzymes, proteins, an electrolytes

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Emia

Back 2

Blood condition

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Plasmo

Back 3

Related to plasma

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Sero

Back 4

Serum (liquid portion of blood after it has clotted and the clot is removed)

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Morpho

Back 5

Structure, shape

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Esis

Back 6

Process of an action

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Cyto/cyte

Back 7

Cell

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Erythro, eosino, rubro

Back 8

Red

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Granulo

Back 9

Granule, small grain

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Philo/philia

Back 10

Loving

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Baso

Back 11

Chemically basic, blue

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Neutro

Back 12

Neutral

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Lympho

Back 13

Lymph, transparent fluid that comes from body tissue and is conveyed back to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels

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Coagulo

Back 14

Process of clotting

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Anti

Back 15

Against, opposed to

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Thrombo

Back 16

Thrombus, clot

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Fibrino

Back 17

Fibrin, insoluble protein that is an essential part of the clotting process

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Hetero

Back 18

Different, unlike, other

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Iso

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Equal

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Macro

Back 20

Large enlarged

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Phago

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Eat

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Vacuo

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To empty, emptiness

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Anticoagulant

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Prevents blood from clotting after it is removed from the body

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RBC

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Red blood cell

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WBC

Back 25

White blood cell

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Anucleate

Back 27

Missing a nucleus

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Hemoglobin

Back 28

Protein to which oxygen directly binds

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Hypochromic

Back 29

Missing color

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PMN

Back 30

Polymorphonuclear cells

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Blast

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Bud, seed, formative cell

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Poiesis

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Marking,producing

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Penia

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Lack/deficiency

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Normo

Back 34

Normal

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Pluri

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Several, more than one

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Lyso, lytic

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Destruction

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Spleno

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Spleen

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Embolism

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Abnormal material that could become lodged in a vessel and block blood flow

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Globulin

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Class of simple proteins that are insoluble in water

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Occlude

Back 40

To close off or shut

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CBC

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Complete blood count

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WBC

Back 42

White blood cell

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Diff

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Differential white blood cell count

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TNTC

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Too numerous to count

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TP

Back 45

Total protein

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Hb or Hgb

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Hemoglobin

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Hct

Back 47

Hematocrit (measure of percent of red blood cells in a volume of blood

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PCV

Back 48

Packed cell volume

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EDTA

Back 49

Ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid