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Chapter 8
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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Blast/o | Germ or bud |
Chrom/o | Color |
Chyl/o | Juice |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |
Immun/o | Immune, Resistant |
Lymph/o | Clear fluid |
Morph/o | Form |
Myel/o | Bone marrow or spinal cord |
Phag/o | Eat or Swallow |
Plas/o | Formation |
Reticul/o | A net |
Splen/o | Spleen |
Thromb/o | Clot |
Thym/o | Thymus |
Red Blood Cells | RBC |
Hemoglobin | Protein-iron compound in RBCs |
Erythrocytes | Red blood cells |
Platelets | Cell fragments essential for blood clotting |
Leukocytes | White Blood Cells |
Immunity | Process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen |
Antigen | Substance that when introduced into the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it |
Antibody | Substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates an antigen that has entered the body |
Hematocrit | HCT or Hct |
Active immunity | Long-lasting immunity that results from stimulating the body to produce its own antibodies |
Natural Immunity | Developed in response to an infection |
Artificial immunity | Developed in response to the administration of a vaccine |
Passive immunity | Short lasting immunity that results from foreign antibodies that are conveyed naturally or artificially |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | AIDS |
Basic metabolic panel | BMP |