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Chapter9 Flashcards

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Acquired immunodeficiency Sydrome

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AIDS- destroys the bodys immune system

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Adenoids

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mass of lymphatic tissue (pharyngeal tonsils)

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Agglutination

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Clumping of cells as a result of interaction of specific antibodies

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Albumins

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Normal blood volume and pressure

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Allergy

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Reaction to normally harmless antigens

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Anaphylactic Shock or anaphylaxis

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exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity

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Anaphylaxis

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Life- threatening reaction to an antigen

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Anemia

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a decrease in quantity of hemoglobin in the blood causes oxygen deficiency

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Anemia, Aplastic

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lack of formation of blood elements ‘bone marrow depression anemia’

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Anemia, Iron deficiency

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deficiency of hemoglobin due to lack of iron in the body

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Anemia, Sickle Cell

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Chronic hereditary form, RBCs become crescent-shaped in presence of low oxygen concentration

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Antibodies

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Substance, a protien that causes the formation of an antibody

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Antibody

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protein that is anti foriegn substances in response to bacteria

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Antigen

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Generates the formation of antibodies

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Ascites

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid containing large amounts of protien and electrolytes within the peritoneal cavity

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Basophil

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White blood cells characterized by cytoplasmic granules

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Bilriubin

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Orange-Yellow pigment of bile caused by the breakdown of hemoglobin in read blood cells at end of normal life span

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Bleeding time

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Mesurement of time required for bleeding to stop

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Bone Marrow Biopsy

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Microscopic exam of bone marrow tissue

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Coagulation

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Process of transformin a liquid into a solid

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Complete Blood Cell Count

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CBC- tests performed to screen for problems in the body

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Corpuscle

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Any cell of the body

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CT (CAT) Scan

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x-ray images taken from various angles following injection of a contrast medium

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Cytomegalvirus

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herpes type virus causes serious illness in persons with AIDS

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Differentiation

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Where unspecialized cells or tissues are modified and altered for specific functions or properties

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Direct antiglobulin test

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blood test on pregnant RH negative women and RH positive fetus

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Donor

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Person gives blood

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Dyscrasia

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Abnormal condition of blood or bone marrow

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Edema

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstital spaces of tissues

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Electrophoresis

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Movement of charged particals through a liquid medium by changes in electric field

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Enzyme

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Organic substance initiates and accelerates a chemical reaction

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent Assay

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ELISA- blood test used for screening for antibody to the AIDS virus

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Eosinophil

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A granulocytic, bilobed leukocyte charaterized by large number of coarse, refractile, cytoplasmic granules

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Erythremia

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Abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

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ESR- measures the rate of red blood cells settle out in a tube of unclotted blood “sed rate”

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Erythropoiesis

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Process of red blood cell production

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Erythropoietin

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Hormone released into bloodstream in response to anoxia (lack of oxygen) made by kidneys

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Fibrinogen

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Plasma protein converted to fibrin in the presence of calcium ions

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39
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Formed Elements

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45% bone marrow suspended

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40
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Globin

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Protein molecules bound by iron to form hemoglobin

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Globulins

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Transport lipids, vitamins in blood, function in immunity

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Granulocytes

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Leukocyte characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic granules

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43
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Granulocytosis

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Abnormally elevated number of granulocytes in the circulating blood

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44
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Hematocrit

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assessment of RBC percentage in total blood volume

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Hematologist

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Medical specialist in the field of hematology

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Heme

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Binds with and carries oxygen in the red blood cells

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Hemochromatosis

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Rare iron metablism disease, leaves iron deposits throughout the body

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Hemoglobin

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Complex protien-iron compound that carries oxygen to lungs and carbon away from lungs

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Hemoglobin test

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measurement of hemoglobin

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Hemolysis

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Breakdown of red blood cells

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Hemophilia

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inadequacies of coagulation, prolonged bleeding times

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Hemorrhage

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Loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time

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Heparin

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Anticlotting factor present in the body

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HIV

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have virus but no symptoms

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Hyperalbuminemia

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Increased level of albumin in the blood

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Hyperbilirubinema

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Greater than normal amounts of the bile pigment in the blood

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Hyperlipemia

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Excessive level of blood fats

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Hyperlipidemia

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Excessive flow of blood fats

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Hypersensitivity

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excessive reaction to a particular stimulus, allergic reaction triggered by an allergen

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Hypersplenism

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syndrome involving deficiency of one or more types of blood

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Immune reaction

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response to invader

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Immunization

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process of creating immunity to a specific disease

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Immunologist

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health specialist whose training and experience is concentrated in immunology

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Immunotherapy

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administers increasingly large doses of the offending allergens to develop immunity

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Ion

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Electrically charged particle

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Leukemia

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Excessive uncontrolled increase of immature WBCs in the blood

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Leukocyte

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White Blood Cell (WBC) body’s main defense against pthogens

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Leukopenia

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Abnormal decrease in number of white blood cells

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Lymph fluid

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stems from the blood and tissue fluid rich in wbcs

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Lymph nodes (lymph glands)

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located at various intervals for filtering

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Lymph vessels

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return tissue fluid to blood

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Lymphatic organs

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thymus, spleen, tonsils

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Lymphocyte

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small, leukocytes originating from fetal stem cells and bone marrow

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Macrophage

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defense against infection and in disposal of products of breakdown of cells

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Megakaryocyte

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Extremely large bone marrow cell

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Monocyte

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Large mononuclear leukocyte

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Multiple Myeloma

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A malignant plasm cell neoplasm

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Myasthenia gravis

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autoimmune disease

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Myeloid

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Pertaining to bone marrow to spinal cord

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Neutrophil

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Polymorphonuetear granular leukocyte

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Partial thromboplastin time

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PTT- used to monitor heparin therapy

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Phagocytosis

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process of a cell engulfing and destroying bacteria

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Pica

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Craving to eat unusual substances

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Plasma

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55% Fluid portion of blood, erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes

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Polycythemia

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abnormal increase in the number of RBCs, granulocytes, and thrombocytes

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Prothrombin

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A plasma protein comes before thrombin , its made in the liver

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Prothrombin time

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PT- used to monitor coumadin therapy

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Recipient

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person that recives blood

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Red blood cell morphology

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Examination of the RBC on a stained blood smear

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Reticlocyte count

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measurement of number of circulating reticulocytes

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Reticulocyte

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Immature erythrocyte

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Rouleaux

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aggregation of RBC

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Sarcoidosis

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inflammatory disease resulting in the formation of multiple, small, round, leasions

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Septicemia

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Systemic infection in which pathogens are present in circulating bloodstream

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Seroconversion

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Change in the serologic tests from negative to positive

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Serology

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Branch of laboratory medicine studies blood serum

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Serum

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Clear, thin, sticky fluid portion of the blood

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Stem cell

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A formative cell

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Thalassemia

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Hereditary form of hemolytic anemia

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Thrombin

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An enzyme formed in plasma during clotting process

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Thrombocytopenia

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Reduction in platelets

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Thromboplastin

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Substance that initiates the clotting process

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Thrombus

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Type AB

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Universal recipient, has no antibodies to cause clumping

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Type O

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Universal donor, blood has no antigens on RBC

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White blood cell differential

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percentage of each specific type of circulating WBCs present in blood

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HCT

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Hematocrit

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PT

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Prothrombin time

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PTT

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Partial thromboplasin time

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RBC

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Red blood cell (erythrocyte)

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WBC

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white blood cell (Leukocyte)

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AIDS

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Aquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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ELISA

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enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay

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HIV

A

Human immunodeficiency virus

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