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Blood & Lymphtc Sys
Medical terminology pertaining to the Blood & Lymphatic system
Question | Answer |
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Disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) |
Blood cells clumping together | agglutination |
Group of proteins found in blood plasma and serum | albumin |
Hypersensitivity to a harmless substance | allergy |
Exaggerated allergic reaction to foreign substances or proteins | anaphylaxis |
Lack of red blood cells | anemia |
Unequal cell condition (erythrocytes) | anisocytosis |
Protein produced in the body to fight against invading foreign substances (against body) | antibody |
An agent that works against blood clotting | anticoagulant |
Foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies | antigen |
Defect immune system that fights against the body | autoImmune disease |
Reinfusing blood | autotransfusion |
A base cell leukocyte | basocyte |
A cell that has an attraction for a base dye | basophil |
Fluid that circulates through heart, arteries, veins and capillaries | blood |
Capable of forming a clot | coagulable |
A blood cell | corpuscle |
Excess creatine in the blood | creatinemia |
A blood clot carried in the blood stream | embolus |
A cell that stains readily with the acid stain; attraction for the rose-colored stain | eosinophil |
Immature red blood cell | erythroblast |
Red blood cell | erythrocyte |
Abnormal increase in red blood cells | erythrocytosis |
Formation of red blood cells | erythropoiesis |
A hormone that produces red blood cells | erythropoietin |
Process where fluids and/or medications escape into surrounding tissue | extravasation |
Protein formed from fibrinogen | fibrin |
Blood protein converted to fibrin | fibrinogen |
An albuminous protein found in body fluids and cells | globulin |
A granular leukocyte | granulocyte |
A blood test that seperates solids from plasma in the blood | hematocrit |
One who specializes in the study of blood | hematologist |
Study of blood | hematology |
A blood tumor | hematoma |
A disease condition in which iron is not metabolized properly and accumulates in the body tissues | hemochromatosis |
Blood protein | hemoglobin |
Destruction or red blood cells | hemolysis |
A hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation | hemophilia |
Excessive bleeding | hemorrhage |
The control of stopping of bleeding | hemostasis |
A substance found in body tissues that inhibits blood clotting | heparin |
Excessive amounts of calcium in the blood | hypercalcemia |
Excessive amounts of sugar in blood | hyperglycemia |
Excessive amounts of fat in the blood | hyperlipemia |
Deficient amounts of sugar in the blood | hypoglycemia |
Antibody blood protein (major types are IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM) | immunoglobulin |
Most common AIDS related tumor | Kaposi's sarcoma |
Removal of white blood cells from circulation | leukapheresis |
A disease of the blood characterized by overproduction of leukocytes | leukemia |
White blood cell | leukocyte |
Lack of white blood cells | leukocytopenia |
Clear, colorless alkaline fluid found in the lymphatic vessels | lymph |
Inflammation of the lymph glands | lymphadenitis |
Incision into a lymph gland | lymphadenotomy |
Study of lymphatic vessels | lymphangiology |
Inflammation of lymphatic vessels | lymphangitis |
Abnormal accumulation of lymph in the interstitial spaces | lymphedema |
A lymphoid neoplasm usually malignant | lymphoma |
Control or stopping of the flow of lymph | lymphostasis |
An abnormally large erythocyte | macrocyte |
Largest leukocyte, whic has ONE nucleus | monocyte |
Excessive amount of monobuclear leukocytes in the blood | mononucleosis |
A leukocyte that stains with neutral dyes | neutrophil |
A fungal, viral or bacterial infection when ones immune system is compromised | opportunistic infection |
Lack of cellular elements of the blood | pancytopenia |
Condition of the engulfing and eating of bacteria by the phagocytes | phagocytosis |
The fluid part of the body | plasma |
Removal of blood from the body and centrifuging it to seperate the plasma from the blood | plasmapheresis |
An opportunistic infection that is prevelant in AIDS patients | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
A condition of too many red blood cells | polycythemia |
Chemical substance that interacts with calcium salts to produce thrombin | prothrombin |
Method of determining the concentration of protein-bound hormones in the blood plasma | radioimmunoassay |
Red blood cell containing a network of granules | reticulocyte |
A condition in which pathogenic bacteria are present in the blood | septicemia |
A bacterial culture of blood serum | seroculture |
Yellowish fluid that seperates from the clot when blood clots | serum |
Lack of iron in the blood | sideropenia |
Enlargement of the spleen | splenomagaly |
A cell in the bone marrow that gives rise to various types of blood cells | stem cell |
Hereditary anemias occuring in populations bordering the Mediterranean Sea and SE Asia | thalassemia |
Surgical excision of a blood clot | thrombectomy |
Blood enzyme that causes clotting by forming fibrin | thrombin |
A clotting cell; a blood platelet | thrombocyte |
Essential factor in the production of thrombin and blood clotting | thromboplastin |
Condition of a blood clot | thrombosis |
A tumor of the thymus | thymoma |
Surgical excision of the tonsil | tonsillectomy |
Process whereby blood is TRANSFERRED from one individual to the vein of another | transfusion |
Inflammation of a lymph or blood vessel | vasculitis |