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1
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Route for tonsils

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Tonsill/o

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Swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities

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Lymphedema

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Pain in the spleen (2)

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Splenalgia, splenodynia

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Formation of blood cells

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Hematopoiesis

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Breakdown of blood cells

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Hemolysis

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Deficiency in neutrophil

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Neutropenia

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Normal sized red blood cells

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Normocyte

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Deficiency in the number of red blood cells

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Oligocythemia

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Deficiency and all cellular components of the blood

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Pancytopenia

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Process in which phagocytes destroy a foreign micro organisms or sell debris

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Phagocytosis

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Condition characterized by red blood cells in a variety of shapes

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Poikilocytosis

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Excess of red blood cells

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Polycythemia

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Enlargement of the liver and spleen

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Hepatopsplenomegaly

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Enlargement of the spleen

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Splenomegaly

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Over development of the thymus

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Thymic hyperplasia

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Substance produced by the body in response to an antigen

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Antibody

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Substance that causes the body to produce antibodies

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Antigen

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Protein that provides protection against disease

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Immunoglobulin

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Study of the immune system

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Immunology

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Specialist in the study of the immune system

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Immunologist

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Record of the study of lymph vessels

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Lymphangiogram

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Having an immune system incapable of responding normally and completely to a pathogen or disease

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Immunocompromised

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Immune system with decreased or compromise response to disease causing organisms

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Immunodeficiency

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Reduction in the activity of the bodies immune system

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Immunosuppression

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Excessive billirubin in the blood

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Hyperbilirubinemia

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Presence of disease causing microorganisms in the blood

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Septicemia

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Inflammation of the spleen

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Splenitis

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Any disease of the spleen

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Splenopathy

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Rupture of the spleen

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Splenorrhexis

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Drug that prevents the coagulation of blood

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Anticoagulant

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Drug that stops the flow of blood

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Hemostatic

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Drug that breaks down blood clots

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Thrombolytic

Medical Terminology Chapters 7-9 (10 decks)

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