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Blood diagnostic terms Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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RBC deficiency

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anemia

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iron deficiency

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iron deficiency anemia

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vitamin b12 deficiency

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pernicious anemia

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WBC deficiency

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aplastic anemia

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hereditary condition causes RBC to be destroyed

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hemolytic anemia

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blood is destroyed

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hemolytic disease of the newborn

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too many RBC

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erythrocytosis

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A group of disorders that cause red blood cells to become misshapen and break down

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sickle cell anemia

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an inherited blood disorder characterized by less hemoglobin and fewer RBC in the body than normal.

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thalassemia syndrome

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affects the blood’s ability to clot and stop bleeding

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diffuse intravascular coagulation (DIC)

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Factor VIII or X deficiency; blood does not coagulate fast enough

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Hemophilia A

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blood goes to the surrounding organs

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purpura

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cancer of the WBC

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leukemia

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malignant tumor of plasma cells; treatment is palliative

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multiple myeloma

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fungus infection caused by pigeons feces

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cryptoccal infection

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cancer of the lymph system

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hodgkin’s disease

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inflammation of the lymph nodes

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lymphadenitis

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disease of the lymph gland

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lymphadenopathy

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tumor in the lymph vessel

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lymphangioma

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inflammation of lymphatics

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lymphangitis

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cancer of lymph tissue

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non-hodgkin’s lymphoma

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kissing disease

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mononucleosis

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extremely severe pneumonia

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pneumocystic carinii pneumonia

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no spleen

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asplenia

25
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virus causes cold sore

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herpes simplex

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cancer of connective tissue/ capillaries

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kaposi’s sarcoma

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spleen is displaced downward

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splenoptosis

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spleen ruptured

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splenorrhexis

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