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HTH210- Medical Terminology > CHAPTER 7: blood, the lymphatic systems, and immunology > Flashcards

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

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protection

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-stasis

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standing still

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anisocytosis

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the presence of red blood cells of unequal size

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bacteremia

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the presence of bacteria in a sample of blood, sign of infection

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erythropenia

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abnormally reduced red blood cells

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hemolysis

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the rupture of red blood cells

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macrocytosis

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the presence of abnormally large red blood cells in a sample of blood

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poikilocytosis

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irregularly shaped red blood cells

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polycythemia

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abnormal increase of red blood cells, also called erythrocytosis

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splenomegaly

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abnormal enlargement of the spleen

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thrombopenia

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abnormally redcued number of platelets

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toxemia

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the presence of toxins in the bloodstream

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anemia

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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

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red bone marrow fails to produce sufficient numbers of normal blood cells

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iron deficiency anemia

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inability to make adequate amounts of hemoglobin

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sickle cell anemia

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hemoglobin is defective within cells

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pernicious anemia

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failure to acquire vitamin B12 into the bloodstream

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dyscrasia

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any abnormal condition of the blood

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edema

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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

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a fungal infection that spreads throughout the body by way of the bloodstream aka fungal septicemia

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hemoglobinopathy

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a general term for diseases that affect hemoglobin within red blood cells

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iatrogenic disease

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a condition that is caused by a medical treatment

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idiopathic

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a disease that develops without a known or apparent cause

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lymphadenitis

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inflammation of the lymph nodes, common during infections, chronic can be a sign of lymphoma

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necrosis

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the death of one or more cells or a portion of a tissue or organ

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nosocomial infection

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an infectious disease that is contracted during a hospital stay

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septicemia

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s systemwide disease caused by the presence of bacteria and there toxins in the circulating blood

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staphylococcemia

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presence of staphylococcus in the blood

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streptococcemia

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strep in the blood

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thyoma

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a tumor originating from the thymus gland

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attenuation

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the process in which pathogens are rendered less virulent prior to the incorporation of a vaccine

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autologous transfusion

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a transfusion of blood donated by a patient (themselves)

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differential count

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a microscopic count of the number of each type of white blood cells in the sample of blood

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homologous transfusion

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transfusion of blood that is voluntarily donated by another person

HTH210- Medical Terminology (12 decks)

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