Chapter 3 Flashcards
Erythrocyte
Red blood cells
Hematology
Study of blood
Coagulation
Blood clotting
Anticoagulant
Against clotting
Hemolysis
Breaking blood
Serology
Study of serum
Leukocyte
White blood cells
Thrombocyte
Clotting cells or platelets
Lipemia
Fat blood condition
Icteric
Pertaining to jaundice
Bilirubinemia
Blood condition of bilirubin
Hyperbilirubinemia
Excess bilirubin blood condition
Packed cell volume
Relative measurement of packed erythrocytes to the total volume spun
Hematocrit
Blood separation
Hemoglobin
The blood glob/stuff
Anemia
Condition without blood
Polycythemia
Condition of many blood cells
Morphology
Study of shape
Pathogen
Disease producers
Erythropoiesis
Process of red blood cell production
Hemorrhage
Blood escaping
Hematopoietic
Pertaining to producing blood
Erythropoietin
The red blood cell producer
Anuclear
Without a nucleus
Polychromasia
Condition of many colors
Anisocytosis
Condition of varied cells
Discoid
Resembling a disk
Spleenic
Pertaining to the spleen
Macrophage
Large eater
Hypoxia
Pertaining to low oxygen
Leukocytosis
Condition of white blood cells
Leukopoiesis
Process of white blood cell production
Granulocyte
Granule cell
Neutrophil
Neutral loving
Polymorphonuclear
Pertaining to a nucleus of many shapes
Neutrophilia
Condition of neutral loving
Excess
Neutropenia
Neutrophil deficiency