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| plasma | the liquid part of the blood |
| plasma proteins | any of several protiens normally found in the plasma; includes albumins, globins, and fibrinogen |
| serum | blood plasma minus its clotting factors, still contains antibodies |
| acidosis | condition in which there is an excessive portion of acid in the blood |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| thrombocytes | also called platelets; play a role in blood clotting |
| hemopoesis | blood cell formation |
| hemoglobin | iron-containing protein in red blood cells |
| oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin combined with oxygen |
| anemia | dificient number of red blood cells or deficient hemaglobin |
| polycythemia | an excessive number of red blood cells |
| aplastic anemia | blood disorder characterized by low red blood cell count, caused by destruction of myeloid tissue in the bone marrow |
| pernicious anemia | deficiency of red blood cells caused by a lack of vitamin B12 |
| Folate-deficiency anemia | blood disorder charactrized by a decrease in red blood cell count, caused by a deficiency of folic acid in the diet (malnourishment) |
| iron dificiency anemia | when there are inadequate levels of iron in the diet so that less hemoglobin is produced; results in extreme fatigue |
| hemolytic anemia | any group of blood disorders characterized by deficient or abnormal hemoglobin that causes deformation and fragility of red blood cells (sickle cell anemia, thalassemia) |
| sickle cell anemia | severe, possibly fatal, hereditary disease caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin |
| thalassemia | any group of inherited hemoglobin disorders characterized by production of hypochromic, abnormal red blood cells |
| leukocytosis | abnormally high white blood cell numbers in the blood |
| leukemia | blood cancer characterized by an increase in white blood cells |
| thrombosis | formation of a clot in a blood vessel |
| embolism | obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign matter carried into the blood stream |
| hemophilia | any group of X-linked inherited blood clotting disorders caused by a failure to form clotting factors IIIV, IX, or XI |
| thrombocytopenia | general term referring to an abnormally low blood platelet count |
| antigen | substance that, when introduced into the body, causes formation of antibodies against it |
| antibody | substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates a specific substance that has entered the body |
| agglutinate | antibodies causing antigens to clump or stick together |
| universal donor | type O blood--always in short supply |
| uneversal recipient | bloot type AB--it contains neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies in its plasma |
| anti- | against |
| erythr- | red |
| cyt- | cell |
| hem- | blood |
| leuk- | white |
| mono- | single |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| phag- | eat |
| thromb- | clot |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| em- | in, into |
| -osis | condition of |
| poly- | multiple |
| -penia | lack of |
