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Lesson 9 Flashcards

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What shape is bacillus bacterium?

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Rod shaped

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What shape is coccus?

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Spherical

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What does Strepto mean?

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Twisted. Bacteria found in twisted chains.

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What does Staphylo mean?

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Bunch or clusters. Bacteria found in clusters resembling a bunch of grapes.

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What does Diplo mean?

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In pairs. Bacteria found in pairs.

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What colour is chloro?

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Green

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What does chrom/o mean?

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Color, coloured

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What does chromat/o mean?

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Color, coloured

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What colour is cirrh- ?

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Yellow-orange

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What colour is cyan/o ?

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Blue

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What colour is erythr/o ?

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Red

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What colour is leuko?

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White

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12
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What colour is melano?

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Black

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13
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What colour is alba?

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White

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14
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What does the prefix cyt/o mean

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Cell

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15
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What does the prefix hem/o mean?

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Blood, blood cells

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What does the prefix hema- mean?

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Blood, blood cells

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17
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What does the prefix hemat/o mean?

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Blood, blood cells

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What does the prefix ur/o mean?

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Urine , urinary system

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What does the prefix urin/o mean?

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Urine, urinary system

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20
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What does the suffix cyte- mean?

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Cell

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What does the suffix cytosis mean?

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Increase in numbers of blood cells, or characterizing the nucleus of blood cells.

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22
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What does the suffix -emia mean?

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Blood, blood cells

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23
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What does the suffix -penia mean?

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Deficient

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24
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What does the suffix -uria mean?

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Urine

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25
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What is a black or dark tumour called?

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Melanoma

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26
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What is a single green bacterium called?

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Chlorobacterium

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27
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What is the passing of blue urine called?

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Cyanuria

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28
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What is a spherical bacteria occurring in clusters called?

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Staphylococci

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29
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What is the virus that contains RNA and can cause tumours called?

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Oncornavirus

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30
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What is a rod shaped bacteria occurring in pairs called?

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Diplobacilli

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31
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What is the toxic substance that kills white blood cells called?

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Leukotoxin

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32
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What is the science of colours called?

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Chromatology

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33
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What virus causes pox diseases?

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Poxvirus

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34
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What is an RNA containing virus that is oncogenic ( causes neoplasia or cancer)?

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Oncornavirus

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35
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What virus can cause papillomas, poliomas and vacuolization?

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Papovirus

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36
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What virus cause lifelong persistent infections?

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Herpes virus

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37
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What virus causes respiratory and enteric infections?

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Reovirus

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38
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What is a small RNA containing virus?

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Picorna virus

39
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What does hemolysis mean?

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The rupture of red blood cells.

Hemo->blood cells
Lysis-> rupture

40
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What does erythrocytosis mean?

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Increases number of red blood cells

Erythro-> red
Cytosis-> increase in blood cells

41
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What does anemia mean?

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Deficiency in blood cells

An-> without
Emia-> blood cells

42
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What does leukemia mean?

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Disease characterized by abnormally high number of white blood cells in the blood
Leuk-> white
Emia-> blood, blood cells

43
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What does hematoma mean?

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Growth or tumor like swelling filled with blood.

Hema-> blood
Oma-> tumor, growth

44
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What does pyuria mean?

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Pus in the urine

Py-> pus
Uria-> urine

45
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What does polyuria mean?

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Excessive production of urine

Poly-> much, many
Uria-> urine

46
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What does urogenital mean?

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Pertaining to the urinary and genital systems

Uro-> urinary system
Genital-> genital or reproductive organs

47
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What does cytopenia mean?

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Insufficient number of cells

Cyto-> cells
Penia -> insufficient

48
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What does hemothorax mean?

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Blood in the chest cavity or pleural cavity.

Hemo-> blood
Thorax-> chest cavity

49
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What does aberration mean?

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Deviation from the normal or usual course or condition; imperfection in the refraction of light

50
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What does aerobic mean?

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Requiring oxygen

51
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What is the meaning of agar?

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Mucilaginous substance used to make nutrient media for bacterial cultures and bulk laxatives.

52
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What does anaerobic mean?

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Not requiring oxygen

53
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What does artifact mean?

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Any artificial feature, such as that caused by processing of specimens, tissues or radiographs.

54
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What is the meaning of asepsis?

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Lack of infection or contamination by microorganisms

55
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What does atypical mean?

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Unusual, deviating from normal

56
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What is a centrifuge?

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A machine that spins solutions at very high speeds to separate the lighter portions from the heavier ones.

57
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What does culture mean?

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A growth of microorganisms on living tissue cells or artificial medium; to perpetuate microorganisms

58
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What is a dermatophyte?

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Fungus that grows on the skin

59
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What does incubation mean?

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Development of microorganisms in a host or culture medium; development of the embryo in the eggs of animals.

60
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What is an incubator?

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Environmentally controlled chamber for incubation of cultures, eggs or living cells, or treatment of neonatal or sick animals.

61
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What does in vitro mean?

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Within a test tube or other artificial environment outside the living body

62
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What does in vivo mean?

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Inside the living body

63
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What is morphology?

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Study of form and structure of organisms; form and structure of an organism.

64
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What is papilloma?

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Benign epithelial tumour; wart

65
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What does sepsis mean?

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Presence of microorganism or their toxins in the blood.

66
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What is a Petri dish?

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Shallow dish for growing cultures of microorganisms.

67
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What does turbid mean?

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Cloudy

68
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What does urinalysis mean?

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Analysis of urine by chemical or microscopic examination

69
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What does virulence mean?

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Degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism; degree to which a microorganism can cause serious disease

70
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Prefix for slow

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Brady

71
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Rupturing of red blood cells

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Hemolysis

72
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Suffix meaning an increase in cell numbers

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Cytosis

73
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Suffix meaning a deficiency in cell numbers

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Anemia

74
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Pus in urine

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Pyuria

75
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Spherical bacterium occurring in chains

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Streptococcus

76
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Prefix for green

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Chloro

77
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Suffix referring to urine

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Uria

78
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Cell that produces dark pigment

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Melanocyte

79
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Disease characterized by abnormally high numbers of white blood cells in the bloodstream

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Leukemia

80
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Microorganism that replicates only inside living cells

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Virus

81
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Deficiency of red blood cells

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Anemia

82
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White blood cell with a single nucleus

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Monocyte

83
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Destruction or decomposition

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Lysis

84
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Rod shaped bacterium

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Bacillus

85
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Nutrient medium for bacterial cultures

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Agar

86
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Spherical bacterium occurring in clusters

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Staphylococcus

87
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Prefix meaning red

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Erythro

88
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Deficient numbers of white blood cells

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Leukopenia

89
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Study if blood cells

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Hematology

90
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Combining form for joints

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Arthro

91
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Blue discolouration of tissue caused by deficiency of oxygen

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Cyanosis

92
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Blood in the urine

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Hematuria

93
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Urinary constituents in the blood

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Uremia

94
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Plug of cellular, bacterial or other debris found in tubules

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