CHAPTER 7: blood, the lymphatic systems, and immunology Flashcards
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aden/o
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gland
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blast/o
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germ, bud, developing cell
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erythro/o
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red
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lymph/o
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clear water or fluid
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path/o
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disease
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thym/o
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wartlike, thymus gland
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an-
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without, absences of
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iso-
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equal
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poikil/o
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irregular
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-megaly
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abnormally large
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-penia
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abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
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-rrhage, -rrhagic
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abnormal discharge
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ana-
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up, toward
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botul/o
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sausage
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globin/o
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protein
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iatr/o
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physician
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idi/o
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individual
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necr/o
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death
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nosocom/o
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hospital
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sept/o
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putrefying; wall or partition
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, forming
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-ial
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pertaining to
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pro-
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before
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-crit
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to separate
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-phylaxis
protection
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-stasis
standing still
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anisocytosis
the presence of red blood cells of unequal size
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bacteremia
the presence of bacteria in a sample of blood, sign of infection
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erythropenia
abnormally reduced red blood cells
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hemolysis
the rupture of red blood cells
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macrocytosis
the presence of abnormally large red blood cells in a sample of blood
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poikilocytosis
irregularly shaped red blood cells
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polycythemia
abnormal increase of red blood cells, also called erythrocytosis
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splenomegaly
abnormal enlargement of the spleen
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thrombopenia
abnormally redcued number of platelets
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toxemia
the presence of toxins in the bloodstream
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anemia
Reduction off red blood cells or hemoglobin leading to a reduced ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen to tissues
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aplastic anemia
red bone marrow fails to produce sufficient numbers of normal blood cells
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iron deficiency anemia
inability to make adequate amounts of hemoglobin
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sickle cell anemia
hemoglobin is defective within cells
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pernicious anemia
failure to acquire vitamin B12 into the bloodstream
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dyscrasia
any abnormal condition of the blood
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edema
the leakage of fluid from the bloodstream into the interstitial space between body cells causes swelling and is one aspect of inflammation creating an edema
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fungemia
a fungal infection that spreads throughout the body by way of the bloodstream aka fungal septicemia
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hemoglobinopathy
a general term for diseases that affect hemoglobin within red blood cells
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iatrogenic disease
a condition that is caused by a medical treatment
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idiopathic
a disease that develops without a known or apparent cause
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lymphadenitis
inflammation of the lymph nodes, common during infections, chronic can be a sign of lymphoma
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necrosis
the death of one or more cells or a portion of a tissue or organ
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nosocomial infection
an infectious disease that is contracted during a hospital stay
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septicemia
s systemwide disease caused by the presence of bacteria and there toxins in the circulating blood
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staphylococcemia
presence of staphylococcus in the blood
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streptococcemia
strep in the blood
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thyoma
a tumor originating from the thymus gland
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attenuation
the process in which pathogens are rendered less virulent prior to the incorporation of a vaccine
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autologous transfusion
a transfusion of blood donated by a patient (themselves)
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differential count
a microscopic count of the number of each type of white blood cells in the sample of blood
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homologous transfusion
transfusion of blood that is voluntarily donated by another person
