Glossary 99-107

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It is the removal of a specific antibody from a mixture of antibody using cell of known specificity

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Absorption

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It is the situation when the ABO forward typing result does not agree with the result in backward typing.

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ABO Discrepancy

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It is the production of antibody after antigenic exposure or stimulation

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Active Immunization

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These are chemical substances added to red cells to extend the shell life up to 42 days

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Additive

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AS-1

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Adsol

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AS-3

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Nutricel

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AS-5

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Optisol

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It is a rare condition characterized by the absence of antibodies

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Agammaglobulinemia

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It is the clumping of particulate antigens with the corresponding specific antibody.

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Agglutination

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Clumping wherein the source of the antigen is red cell

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Hemmagglutination

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It is an alternative form of a gene occupying a given locus

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Allele

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It is the process of collecting amniotic fluid

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Amniocentesis

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It is the albuminous fluid contatined in amniotic sac that provides nutrients to the developing fetus

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Amniotic fluid

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It is referred to as the “silent gene” that does not produce a detectable antigen; an example of an amorphic gene is the O gene.

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Amorph

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It is also known as secondary immune response and it also refers to the production of antibody after secondary antigenic exposure

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Anamnestic response

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It is a severe allergic hypersensitivity reaction brought about by antibody against IgA seen among IgA deficient patient exposed to IgA antibody

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Anaphylaxis

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It occurs before birth

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Antenatal

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It is also known as immunoglobulin, and it also refers to protein substances that are secreted by plasma cells and are produced in response to antigenic stimulation.

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Antibody

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Immune antibody against foreign antigen of the same species

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Alloantibody

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Antibody against own self antigens

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Autoantibody

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Also known as unexpected antibody, it refers to antibody other than the naturally occuring anti-A and anti-B

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Atypical Antibody

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Isoantibodies referred to as anti-A and anti-B

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Naturally Occuring Antibody

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Antibody derived from a single clone of antigen

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Monoclonal Antibody

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Antibody derived from more than one antibody producing plasma cells

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Polyclonal antibody

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These are reagents used to enhance or speed up antigen-antibody reaction.

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Antibody potentiators

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This is used to detect immune antibody other than the naturally occuring through the use of completely phenotyped group "O" cells

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Antibody Screening Test

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It is any foreign substance which when introduced to the body stimulates antibody production

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Antigen

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It describes the relative ability of a substance to illicit immune response

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Antigenic

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It is the table of phenotyped "O" cells showing different antigen used to screen and identify immune antibody

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Antigram

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It is also known as Coomb's serum and it also refers to a secondary antibody directed against human IgG or complement

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Antihuman Globulin Reagent

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Targets either human IgG or complement C3

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Monospecific AHG

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Targets both human IgG and complement C3

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Polyspecific AHG

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It is a comercially prepared reagent containing antibody with known specificity

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Antiserum

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It is used to describe antigens controlled by a pair of allelic genes

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Antithetical

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It is the method of blood collection in which whole blood is withdrawn and processed. The machine collects the desired component and the remainder of the blood is returned to the donor.

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Apheresis

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Removal of platelet

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Plateletpheresis

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Removal of leukocytes

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Leukapheresis

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Removal of plasma

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Plasmapheresis

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It is the process of antibody removal through th us of patient's own antigen

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Autoabsorption

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It is abbreviated as PS-PR (Patient Serum-Patient Red Cell), and it refers to testing the patient's serum for antibody against his own red cells; employed to detect autoantibody

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Autocontrol

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It refers to the strength of antigen-antibody reaction as influenced by characteristic feature of the antigen and antibody.

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Avidity

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These are biological substances which pose a threat to the health of living organisms, especially humans

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Biohazards