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medical Terminology #5 Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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agglutin/o

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clumping, grouping

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angi/o

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vessel

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vascul/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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bas/o

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base (alkaline)

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blast/o

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embryonic cell

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cardi/o

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heart

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chrom/o

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color

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electr/o

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electricity

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embol/o

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embolus, plug (clot)

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eosin/o

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rose-colored

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erythr/o

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red

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granul/o

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granule

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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hemangi/o

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blood vessel

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immun/o

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immune, immunity

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kary/o

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nucleus

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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leuk/o

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white

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lymphaden/o

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lymph gland (node)

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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morph/o

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form, shape, structure

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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my/o

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muscle

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neutr/o

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neutral, neither

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phag/o

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swallowing, eating

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phleb/o

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vein

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ven/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, growth

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poikil/o

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varied, irregular

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reticul/o

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net, mesh

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scler/o

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hardening

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ser/o

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serum

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sider/o

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iron

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splen/o

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spleen

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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sten/o

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narrowing, stricture

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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…blast

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embryonic cell

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…emia

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blood condition

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…globin

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protein

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…gram

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record, writing

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…graph

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instrument used for recording

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…osis

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abnormal condition; increase

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…penia

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decrease, deficiency

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…phil

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attraction for

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…phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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…phylaxis

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protection

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…poiesis

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formation/production

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…sphyxia

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pulse

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…stasis

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standing still

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…stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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a…

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without, not

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allo…

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other, differing from normal

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aniso…

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unequal, dissimilar

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brady…

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slow

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endo…

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in, within

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extra…

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outside

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iso…

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same, equal

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macro…

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large

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micro…

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small

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mono…

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one

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peri…

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around

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poly…

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many, much

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tachy…

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rapid

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adenoid

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resembling a gland

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agglutination

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clumping of particles

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angioplasty

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procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries

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vasculitis

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inflammation of the blood vessels

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aortostenosis

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Thickening and narrowing of the valve

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anteriorrhexis

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rupture of an artery

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artheroma

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fatty material that clogs your arteries

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basophil

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type of white blood cell that fights against infection

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erythroblastosis

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abnormal amount of erythroblasts in the blood

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cardiomegaly

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enlargement of the heart

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hypochromic

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decrease in color

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electrocardiogram

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machine to measure electricity in the heart

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embolectomy

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surgical removal of the embolus

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eosinophil

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WBC that protects your body from foreign organisms

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erythrocyte

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reb blood cell

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granulocyte

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immune cell that has granules

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hemophobia

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fear of blood

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hematoma

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mostly clotted blood that forms in an area of the body

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hemangioma

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tumor of blood vessels

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immunology

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study of the immune system

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karyolysis

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dissolution of a nucleus

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mononuclear

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single-celled

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leukemia

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cancer of blood cells

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lymphadenopathy

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swelling of lymph nodes

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lymphangioma

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malformation of lymph nodes

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morphology

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th study of shape, structure, and form

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myelogenic

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resembling bone marrow

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myocardial

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cardiac muscle

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neutrophillic

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large amount of neutrophils

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phagocyte

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type of cell that eats bacteria and other small cells

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phlebectasis

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dilation of vein

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venostasis

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slow blood flow

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aplastic

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no growth/change

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poikilocyte

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abnormal red blood cell shapes

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reticulocyte

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slightly immature red blood cells

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ateriosclerosis

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when blood vessels that carry oxygen become stiff and thick

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serology

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the study of serum

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sideropenia

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deficiency of iron

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splenorrhagia

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hemorrhage from ruptured spleen

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sphygmoid

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resembling pulse

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stenotic

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abnormally constricted body canal

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thrombosis

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blood clot within blood vessels that limit the flow of blood

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thymopathy

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disease of the thymus gland

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erythroblast

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immature red blood cell

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anemia

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condition where the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells

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hemoglobin

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protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen

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arteriogram

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an imaging test that allows you to see the inside of arteries

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electrocardiograph

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machine that records electrical potential in the heart

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leukocytosis

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WBC

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erythropenia

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abnormal decrease in red blood cells

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neutrophil

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WBC that helps fight against infection

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electrophoresis

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technique used to separate DNA

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anaphylaxis

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life-threatening allergic reaction

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hemopoiesis

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production of blood cells and platelets

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asphyxia

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condition where the body is deprived of oxygen

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hemostasis

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mechanism that leads to the stoppage of bleeding from a blood vessel

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aortostenosis

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Thickening and narrowing of the valve

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amorphic

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no defined shape/form

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allograft

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tissue transplanted from one person to another

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anisocytosis

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red blood cells of different sizes

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bradycardia

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slow heartbeat

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endovascular

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inside the vessels

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extravascular

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outside the vessels

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isochromic

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same color

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macrocyte

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large cell

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microcyte

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small cell

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mononucleosis

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viral infection caused by one cell

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pericardial

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around the heart

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polymorphic

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having or occurring in several distinct forms

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tachycardia

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fast heart rate

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