Ch 6 Med Term
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- Agglutin
- Clumping
- Chrom
- Color
- Coagul
- Clotting
- Erythr
- Red
- Fibrin
- Fibers
- Granul
- Granules
- Hem
- Blood
- Hemat
- Blood
- Leuk
- White
- Morph
- Shape
- Myel
- Bone Marrow
- Phag
- Eat, Swallow
- Sanguin
- Blood
- Thromb
- Clot
- Aden
- Gland
- Adneoid
- Adenoids
- Immun
- Protection
- Lymph
- Lymph
- Lymphangi
- Lymph Vessel
- Splen
- Spleen
- Thym
- Thymus
- Tonsill
- Tonsil
- Tox
- Poison
- Apheresis
- Removal, carry away
- Cyte
- cell
- cytosis
- more than normal # of cells
- Emia
- Blood condition
- globin
- protein
- penia
- abnormal decrease, too few
- poiesis
- Standing still
- stasis
- standing still
- Hemolytic disease of newborn
- condition that may develop during pregnancy if mother is Rh-
- Hemophilia
- Blood clotting time is prolonged
- hyperlipidemia
- too high a level of lipids
- Hypochromic anemia
- Anemia as a result of insufficient hemoglobin
- pernicious anemia
- Anemia assoc wiht insufficient absorb of vitamin B-12
- Polycythemia vera
- prod. of too many red bld cells by the bone marrow
- septicemia
- bacteria in bloodstream
- Thalassemia
- genetic disorder in which person unable to make funct. hemoglobin
- Axillary
- Armpits, enlarged during infections of arms and breasts
- Cervical
- Neck, drains parts of head and neck
- Inguinal
- Groin, drains area of legs and lower pelvis
- Mediastinal
- Chest, drains infection from chest cavity
- Epstein-Barr virus
- virus that is cause of mononucleosis
- anaphylactic
- Life threatening b/c of severe allergic rxn
- elephantiasis
- inflammation, obstruction, and destruction of lymph vessels, result in enlarged tissues
- graft vs. host disease
- serious comp. of bone marrow transplant(graft) Immune cells from the donor bone marrow attack the recipient's (host) tissues
- Hodgkin
- cancer of lymphatic cells found in concentr. in lymph nodes
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- skin cancer seen in pts w/Aids
- Lymphadentis
- inflamm. of lymph nodes
- Mononucleosis
- Acute infection dis. w/ lg number of atypical lymphocytes
- peritonsillar abscess
- infec, of the tissue b/t the tonsils and pharynx
- sarcoidosis
- disease of unknown cause that forms fibrous lesions