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Medical Terminology
Diseases and Disorders of the blood
Term | Definition |
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AGRANULOCYTOSIS | Large decrease in number of white granulocytes (cells which fight infection) |
ANAEMIA | Amount of oxygen carrying capacity is reduced due to either too few red blood cells or too little haemoglobin |
EPISTAXIS | Nose bleed |
HAEMOLYSIS | Destruction of red blood cells |
HAEMOPHILLIA A | Hereditary disease caused by lack of clotting factor (VIII)in the blood |
HAEMOPHILIA B | Hereditory disease caused by lack of clotting factor (IX) in the blood |
HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA | Raised blood fat levels |
HYPOCHROMIC ANAEMIA | Anaemia associated with pale, small red cells due to insufficient iron |
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS | Glandular fever-increase of white cells called monocytes present in the blood |
LEUCOCYTOSIS | A normal increase of white blood cells in response to infection |
LEUCOPENIA | A decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood |
LEUKAEMIA | A cance of the blood-abnormal white cells increase |
PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA | Inability of body to manufacture normal red blood cells due to a missing factor |
POLYCYTHAEMIA | Too many read and other cells present in the blood |
SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA | Anaemia associated with the people of African ethnic origin, red cells have sickle shape |
THALASSAEMIA | Anaemia associated with people of Mediterranean origin |
CRYOPRECIPITATE | Use of very low temperatures to separate required factors from blood |
PAUL-BUNNELL TEST | Blood test for glandular fever |
PLASMAPHERESIS | Taking blood from a donor, removing the required factor and returning the remainde4r to the donor's circulation |