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45 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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bas/o
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base
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blast/o
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embryonic
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chrom/o |
colour
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eosin/o |
red or rosy
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erythrocyt/o
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red blood cell
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granul/o
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granule(s)
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hem/o hemat/o |
blood
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heter/o
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different
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homo
homeo |
same, unchanging
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immun/o
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protected, safe, or immune
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is/o
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equal
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leukocyt/o
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white blood cell
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lymph/o
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lymphatic tissue
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland
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morph/o
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shape or form
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow - "white substance"
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phag/o
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eating or swallowing
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reticul/o
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network
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sider/o
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iron
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spher/o
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round, sphere, or ball
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splen/o
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spleen
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thromb/o
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clot
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thrombocyt/o
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platelets
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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allergy
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a damaging immune response by the body to a substance to which it has become hypersensitive |
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anticoagulent
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having the effect of inhibiting the coagulation of the blood |
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antiserum
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a blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens, injected to treat or protect against specific diseases |
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aspiration
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the action or process of drawing breath
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attenuation
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the reduction of the force, effect, or value of something |
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dyscrasia
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an abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part |
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efficacy
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the ability to produce a desired or intended result |
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immune
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resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells |
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pyrexia
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raised body temperature
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transfusion
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an act of transferring donated blood, blood products, or other fluid into the circulatory system of an animal |
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vaccine
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a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease
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antibody
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a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood |
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erythroblast
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an immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus |
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etiology
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the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition
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hematoma
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a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues |
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hemopoiesis
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the production of blood cells and platelets, which occurs in the bone marrow
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hemoglobin
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a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates
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hyperthermia
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the condition of having a body temperature greatly above normal
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leukopenia
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a reduction in the number of white cells in the blood
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splenectomy
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a surgical operation involving removal of the spleen
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