Chapter 13 Blood Terms
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- separation of blood into component parts and removal of a select part from the blood
- apheresis
- whole blood cells are taken from a donor and infused into a patient
- blood transfusion
- microscopic examination of a core of bone marrow removed with a needle
- bone marrow biopsy
- peripheral stem cells from a compatible donor are administered into a recipients vein
- hematopoietic stem cell transplant
- Coombs test
- test for the presence of antibodies that coat and damage RBC's
- Malignant Neoplasm of bone marrow
- multiple myeloma
- infectious disease marked by increased number of WBC's and enlarged cervical lymph nodes
- mononucleosis
- time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube
- coagulation time
- time required for blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound
- bleeding time
- determination of the number of RBC, WBC, platelets, Hgb, Hct, MCH, MCV, MCHC
- CBC
- excess iron deposits throughout the body
- hemochromatosis
- general increase in RBC
- polycythemia vera
- pinpoint hemorrhaged and accumulation of blood under the skin
- purpura
- excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of one of the protein substances necessary for blood clotting
- hemophilia
- an increase in cancerous WBC
- leukemia
- AML
- acute myelogenous leukemia- immature (not functional) granulocytes dominate
- ALL
- acute lymphocytic leukemia- immature lymphocytes dominate
- CML
- chronic myelogenous leukemia- both mature and immature granulocytes are present in blood and bone marrow
- CLL
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia- abnormaly large numbers of somewhat mature granulocytes dominate
- abnormal increase in granulocytes in the blood
- granulocytosis
- deficiency in RBC or hemoglobin
- anemia
- failure of blood cell production- due to aplasia of bone marrow cells
- aplastic anemia
- hereditary condition characterized by abnormally shaped RBC
- sickle cell anemia
- reduction in RBC due to excessive destruction
- hemolytic anemia
- lack of mature RBC caused by inability to absorb Vitamin B12 into the body
- pernicous anemia
- an inherited defect in the ability to produce Hgb in persons of Mediterranean background
- thalassemia
- number of RBC per cu mm
- RBC count
- % of RRB in a volume of blood
- Hct
- speed at which RBC settle our of plasm
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ESR/sed rate
erythrocyte sedimentation rate - total amount of Hgb in a sample of peripheral blood
- H, Hg, HGB
- determines the % of WBC made up by different types of leukocytes
- white blood cell differential
- three main blood types
- ABO
- BMT
- bone marrow transplant
- GM-CSF
- granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor
- MCH
- mean corpuscular hemoglobin
- EBV
- epstein barr virus
- ASCT
- autologous stem cell transplant
- GVHD
- graft versus host disease
- PT
- prothrombin time
- -apheresis
- removal, to carry away
- -globin
- protein
- -phage
- to eat, swallow
- -phoresis
- carrying, transmission
- -cytosis
- abnormal condition (increase) in cells
- poikil/o
- varied, irregular
- morph/o
- shape, form
- sider/o
- iron
- protein threads that form the basis of a blood clot
- fibrin
- plasma minus clotting proteins and cells
- serum
- method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge
- electrophoresis
- orange yellow pigment in bile
- bilirubin