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Bonewit #19
Bonewit #19 (Luke Matthews)
Term | Definition |
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Agglutination | Clumping of blood cells |
Analyte | A substance that is being identified or measured in a laboratory test |
Antibody | A substance that is capable of combining with an antigen, resulting in an antigen-antibody reaction |
Antigen | A substance is capable of stimulating the formation of antibodies |
Antiserum | A serum that contains antibodies |
Blood antibody | a protein present in the blood plasma that is capable of combining with its corresponding blood antigen to produce an antigen-antibody reacion |
Donor | one who furnishes something, such as blood, tissue, or organs, to be used in anotehr individual |
Gene | A unit of heredity |
Glycogen | The form in which carbohydrate is stored in the body |
Glycosylation | The process of glucose attaching to hemoglobin |
HDL cholesterol | a lipoprotein, consisting of protein & cholesterol, which removes excess cholesterol from the cells |
Hemoglobin A1C | compound formed when glucose attaches or glycosylates to the protein in hemoglobin |
Hyperglycemia | an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood |
Hypoglycemia | an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood |
In vitro | occurring in glass; refers to tests performed under artificial conditions, as in the laboratory |
In vivo | occurring in the living body or organism |
LDL cholesterol | a lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol, that picks up cholesteraol & deliveries it to the cells |
Lipoprotein | a complex molecule consisting of protein & a lipid fraction such as cholesterol; its function is transporting lipids in the blood |
Recipient | one who receives something, such as a blood transfusion from a donor |