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| Term | Definition |
| aniso- | unequal |
| -cyte | cell |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -emia | blood |
| erythr/o | red |
| -globin | protein |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| phag/o | to eat |
| -poiesis | formation of |
| anemia | deficiency of oxygen to cells because of low hgb or low # of RBC's present |
| COAGULATION | CLOTTING OF BLOOD |
| dyscrasia | abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| erythropoiesis | formation of RBC's |
| fibfrinogen | protein that is converted to fibrin by throbin |
| globulin | liver protein that helps antibodies |
| hemoglobin | complex protein in RBC's |
| hemolysis | destruction of red blood cells |
| hemostasis | termination of bleeding |
| immune reaction | defense function of the body that produces antibodies |
| leukemia | excessive of immature WBC's |
| leukocyte | WBC's |
| leukocytopenia | low numbers of WBC's |
| lymphadenopathy | disorder of the lymph nodes |
| pancytopenia | marked reduction in the # of WBC's, RBC's, & platelets |
| phagocytosis | cell engulfing |
| plasma | liquid portion of uncoagulated blood |
| polycythemia vera | abnormal increase in the # of RBC's |
| purpura | severe bruise |
| reticulocyte | immature RBC's |
| thrombocyte | platelet |
| thrombus | clot |
| SHF | antihemophilic factor |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| diff diag | differential diagnosis |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| hgb | hemoglobin |
| hct | hematocrit |
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