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Leukemia |
Cancer of blood |
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Antibody(Ab) (ummunoglobulins) |
Protective protien produced by B lymhocytes in response of a foriengn substance called anigen |
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Antigen(Ag) |
Substances,recongnized as harmful to the host, that stimulates formation of antibodies in ppl. |
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Cytokine |
Chemical substances produce by certain cells that initiates,inhibits,increase & decrease activity of cells |
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Agglutin/o |
Clumping,gluing |
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Ation |
Process |
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Agglutin/ation |
Process of clumping |
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Bas/o |
Base |
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Phil |
Attraction for |
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Bas/o/phil |
Attraction to base(alkaline dyes) |
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Blast/o |
Embryonic |
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Erythr/blast/osis |
Abnormal increase of embryonic red cells |
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Eosin/o |
Dawn(rose color) |
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Eosin/o/phil |
Attraction for rose color (dye) |
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Kary/o |
Nucleus |
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Lymphaden/o |
Lymph gland(node) |
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Lymphaden/o/pathy |
Disease of the lymph nodes |
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Nuetr/o |
Neutral,neither |
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Neutr/o/phil/ic |
Pertaining to an attraction for neutral dyes |
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Phag/o/cyte |
Cell that eat (foreign material) |
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Plas/o |
Formation, growth |
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A/plas/tic |
Pertaining to failure to form |
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Poikil/o |
Varied,irregular |
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Poikil/o/cytes |
Cells that is irregular or varried |
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Reticul/o |
Net,mesh |
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Reticul/o/cytes |
Cell (that contain) net or meshwork |
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Ser/o |
Serum |
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Ser/o/logy |
Study of serum |
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Sider/o |
Iron |
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Penia |
Decrease, diffeincy |
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Sider/o/penia |
Deficiency in iron |
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Xeno/graft |
Foriegn transplantation(heterograft) |
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Globin |
Protein |
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Auto |
Self,own |
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Graft |
Transplantation |
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Phoresis |
Carrying,transmission |
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Phylaxis |
Protection |
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Ana |
Against |
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Ana/phylaxis |
Against protection |
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Poiesis |
Formation,production |
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Allo |
Other,differing from the normal |
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Allo/graft |
Transplantation from another(homograft) |
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC) |
Abnormal activation of the protiens involved in blood coagulation causing small blood clot to form in vessels. |
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Gaft-vesus-host disease |
Complications that occurs following a stem cell or bone marrow transplant. |
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Hematoma |
Localized accumulation of blood,clotted |
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Lymphedema |
Swelling, primarily in a single arm or leg due to an accumulation of lymph within tissue cause by desrltruction in lymph vessels |
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Multiple-myeloma |
Malignant tumor of plasma cells in the bone marrow |
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Sepsis |
Presence of bacteria or their toxins in the blood, (blood poisning) |
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Sle (butterfly rash) |
A typical rash apears over the nose and cheeks in about 50% of ppl with sle |
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Thrombocytopenia |
Abnormal decrease in palates caused by low production of palates in the bone marrow or increase destruction of palates in the blood vessels.spleen or liver. |
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Immunotherapy |
Any form of treatment that alters, enhances stimulate or restores the bodys natural imune mechanisms |
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Bone marrow tansplant |
Infusion of healthy bone marrow stem cells after the disease bone marrow is destroyed by chemo or radiation therapy. |
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Hemologous |
Infusion of bone marrow or stem cells from a compatible donor after a course of chemo thr. |
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Sentinel node excision |
Removal of the fist node that recieves drainage from cancer containing areas |
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Tranfusion |
Infusion of blood or blood products from one person to another person |
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Antinuclear antibody (ANA) |
Test to identify antibodies that attack the nucleus of the individual own body cells |
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Blood culture |
Test to determine the presence of pathogens in the bloodstream |
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Complete blood count(cbc) |
Series of test that include hemoglobin, hematocrit red and white blood cell counts. |
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Anticoagulants |
Prevents blood clots |
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Antifibrinolytics |
Used to treat serious bleeding following certain surgeries ect. |
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Antimicrobials |
Destroys bacteria,fungi & protozozoa |
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Fat soluble vitamins |
Prevent & treat bleeding disorders |
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Thrombolytics |
Dissolve blood clots by destroying their fibrin strands |