Vocab Exam 1 Flashcards
Bacteremia, bacteremic
fungemia
parasitemia
viremia
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
sepsis, septicemia, septicemic
exotoxin
endotoxin, LPS
septic shock
blood, serum, plasma
thrombocytopenia
leukocytosis
leukopenia
biofilm
pyrogenic
microbiota, “flora”
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
multiple organ system failure (MOSF)
systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
granulocyte
neutrophil, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, PMN
eosinophil
basophil
mononuclear leukocyte, peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)
lymphocyte
monocyte
macrophage
dendritic cell
T lymphocyte
T helper (Th) cell, e.g., Th1, Th2
cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)
CD4 cell
CD8 cell
B lymphocyte
plasma cell
pyogenic
lymph
lymph node
complement, C’
antigen
epitope, antigenic determinant
antibody, immunoglobulin, Ig
IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM
T cell receptor, TCR
major histocompatibility complex, MHC
Class I/II MHC
humoral immunity
antibody-mediated immunity, AMI
cellular immunity, cell-mediated immunity, CMI
delayed-type hypersensitivity, DTH