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white blood cell with reddish granule; number increase in allergic reactions |
Eosinophil |
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Protein threads that form the basis of a clot |
Fibrin |
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Method of separating out plasma proteins by electrical charge |
Electrophoresis |
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Foreign material that invades the body |
Antigens |
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Pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed |
Bilirubin |
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An undifferentiated blood cell is call a |
Hematopoietic stem cell |
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Anticoagulant found in the blood |
Heparin |
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A disorder of red blood cell morphology is |
Poikilocytosis |
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Deficiency in numbers of white blood cells |
Neutropenia |
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Immature red blood cell |
Erythroblast |
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Derived from bone marrow |
Myeloid |
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Breakdown of recipient’s red blood cells when incompatible bloods are mixed |
Hemolysis |
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Sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin |
Iron-deficiency anemia |
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Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction |
Hemolytic anemia |
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Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow |
Aplastic anemia |
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Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin |
Thalassemia |
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Lack of mature red cells due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body |
Pernicious anemia |
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Excessive deposits of iron throughout the body |
Hemochromatosis |
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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 |
Acute lymphocytic leukemia |
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Excessive bleeding caused by congenital lack of factor VII or IX |
Hemophilia |
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Venous blood is clotted in a test tube |
Coagulation time |
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Sample of blood is spun in a test tube so that red cells fall to the bottom and percentage of RBCs is taken |
Hamatocrit |
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Blood smear is examined to determine the shape or form of cells |
Red blood cell morphology |
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Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms |
White blood cell differential |
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Venous blood is collected; anti-coagulant added and the distance cells fall in a period of time is determined |
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
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Blood protein that maintains the proper proportion and concentration of water in blood |
Albumin |
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Swelling; fluid leaks out into tissue spaces |
Edema |
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Symptoms of disease return |
Relapse |
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Relieving symptoms, but not curing disease |
Palliative |
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Deficiency of clotting cells |
Thrombocytopenia |
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Process of clotting |
Coagulation |
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Large cell that engulfs foreign material and worn out red cells |
Macrophage |
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White blood cell that destroys foreign material by phagocytosis |
Neutrophil |
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Blood protein |
Albumin |
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Lack of mature red cells owing to inability to absorb vitamin B12 |
Pernicious anemia |
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Relieving symptoms but not curing |
Palliative |
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A protein with antibody activity |
Immunoglobulin |
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Increase in red blood cells |
Polycythemia vera |
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