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- MICROCYTOSIS
- Icrease in numbers of small cells
- NEUTROPHIL
- Leukocyte (poly) formed in bone marrow and having neutral-staining granules
- BASOPHIL
- Leukocyte whose granules have an affinity for basic stain; releases histamine and heparin
- HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
- Reduction in Red cells due to excessive cell destruction
- GLOBULINS
- Proteins in plasma; can be separated into ALPHA,BETA, and GAMMA types
- THALASSEMIA
- A type of inherited anemia marked by defectective type of hemoglobin in people of Meditterranean
- EOSINOPHILIA
- Increase in numbers of granulocytes; seen in allergic conditions
- LYMPHOCYTE
- Leukocyte formed in lymph tissue; produces antibodies
- MYELOID
- Derived from bone marrow
- THROMBOCYTE
- Pertaining to destructiion of clots
- ALBUMIN
- Plasma protein that maintains the proper amount of water in blood
- ERYTHROBLAST
- Immature RBC
- FIBRIN
- Protein threads that form the basis of a clot
- POIKIOCYTOSIS
- Irregularity in shape
- RED BLOOD CELL MORPHOLOGY
- Blood smear is examined to determine the shape or form of cells
- MACROCYTOSIS
- Icrease in numbers of large cells
- MYELOID
- Derived from bone marrow
- HEMATOPOIETIC STEM STELL
- An undifferentiated blood cell is called a(an)
- HYPOCHROMIC
- Reduction of hemoglobin ("color")
- SERUM
- Plasma minus clotting proteins and cells
- ERYTHROPOIESIS
- Frmation of red cells
- MONOCYTE
- WBC; phagocyte and precursor of a macrophage
- SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
- Abnormal shape of erythrocytes caused by an abnormality
- APHERESIS
- Separation of blood into its components
- THALASSEMIA
- Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin
- PHAGOCYTE
- A cell that engulfs another cell
- COAGULATION TIME
- Venous blood is clotted in a test tube
- HEMOCHROMATOSIS
- Excessive deposits of iron throughout the body
- PLATELET COUNT
- Determines the numbers of different types of WBC's
- HEMOLYSIS
- Destruction of red cells
- HEMATOCRIT
- Sample of blood is spun in a test tube so that red cells fall to the bottom and percentage of RBC's is taken
- IMMUNOGLOBINS/ANTIBODIES
- Proteins made by lymphocytes in response to antigens in the blood
- ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
- Symptoms of pallor, shortness of breath, infection, bleeding gums, predominance of immature and abnormally functioning leukocytes, and low numbers of mature neutrophils in a young child may indicate a likely diagnosis of this:
- BLEEDING TIME
- Time it takes for a small puncture wound to stop bleeding
- RELAPSE
- Symptoms of disease return
- PALLIATIVE
- Relieving, but not curing
- BILIRUBIN
- Pigment produced from hemoglobin when RBCs are destroyed
- RBC
- Red Blood Cell
- ANTIBODIES
- Foreign material that invades the body
- BONE MARROW BIOPSY
- Needle is introduced into the bone marrow cavity, and a small amount of marrow is aspirated and then examined under the microscope
- EOSINOPHIL
- Leukocyte with dense, reddish granules; associated with allergic reactions
- NEUTOPENIA
- Deficiency in numbers of WBCs
- IRON-DEFICIENT ANEMIA
- Sideropenia occurs causing defiecient production of hemoglobin
- ELECTROPHORESIS
- Separation of plasma proteins using electricity
- HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL
- Bone marrow cell; gives rise to many types of blood cells
- HEMATOCRIT
- Percentage of RBCs in a volume of blood
- PLASMA
- Liquid portion of blood
- ERYTHROPENIA
- Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate erythrocyte production in bone marrow
- ANTICOAGULANT
- A substance that prevents clotting
- ERYTHROCYTOPENIA
- Deficiency in numbers
- WHITE BLOOD CELL DIFFERENTIAL
- Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms
- LEUKOCYTOPENIA
- Deficiency in numbers of WBCs
- COOMBS TEST
- Determines the presence of antibodies in infants of Rh-negative women or patients with auoimmune hemolytic anemia
- HEMOSTASIS
- Stoppage or control of blood flow
- PURPURA
- Multiple pinpoint hemorrages; blood accumulates under the skin
- HEPARIN
- An anticoagulant substance
- HEMOPHILIA
- Excessive bleeding caused by congenital lack of factor VIII or IX
- POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
- Ethemia
- AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
- Inherited defect; deficiency of platelets with hemorrages into the skin
- THALASSEMIA
- Inherited defect; inability to produce hemoglobin
- FIBRIN
- Protein threads that form the essence of a blood clot
- CLL
- Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia
- PANCYTOPENIA
- Deficiency of all blood cells
- ELECTROPHORESIS
- Method of separating out plasma proteins by elecrtical charge
- MEGAKARYOCYTE
- An immature clotting cell
- POIKILOCYTOSIS
- A disorder of RBC morphology
- AUTOLOGOUS TRANSFUSION
- Blood is collected from and later reinfused into the same patient
- AML
- Acute Myelocytic Leukemia
- HEMOLYSIS
- breakdown of recipient's RBCs when incompatible bloods are mixed
- PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
- Lack of mature red cells due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body
- PLATELET
- Thrombocyte
- APLASTIC ANEMIA
- Lack of all types of blood cells due to lack of development of bone marrow cells
- HEMOPHILIA
- Excessive bleeding caused by hereditary clotting factors
- MYELOPOIESIS
- Formation of bone marrow cells
- REMISSION
- Symptoms of disease disappear
- ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
- Venous blood is collected; anti-coagulant added and the distance cells fall in a period of time is determined:
- HEPARIN
- Anticoagulant found in the blood
- PLATELETPHERESIS
- Separation of clotting cells from rest of the blood
- BILIRUBIN
- Orange-yellow pigment formed from destruction of hemoglobin
- EOSINOPHIL
- WBC with reddish granulates; numbers increase in allergic reactions
- RETICULOCYTE
- An immature red blood cell
- APLASTIC ANEMIA
- Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow