VOCABULARY Flashcards
LIPAEMIA
HIGH CONCENTRATION OF EMULSIFIED FAT IN THE BLOOD
POST PRANDIAL
THE PERIOD AFTER A MEAL
ACCURACY
THE EXTENT TO WHICH MEASUREMENTS AGREE WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF THE QUANTITY BEING MEASURED
PRECISION
THE REPRODUCABILITY OF THE MEASUREMENTS
REFERENCE INTERVALS
THE RESULTS EXPECTED IN 95% OF A POPULATION OF HEALTHY ANIMALS
RELIABILITY
THE ACCUMULATION OF RESULTS THAT ARE BOTH ACCURATE AND PRECISE
DIAGNOSTIC SENSITIVITY
THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH A TEST WILL BE POSITIVE IN PATIENTS THAT HAVE THE DISEASE
CHOLESTASIS
REDUCED OR STOPPED BILE FLOW
CHOLELITHIASIS
GALLSTONES
-HARD DEPOSITS OF DIGESTIVE FLUID
ENTEROHEPTAIC CIRCULATION
HEPATIC-INTESTINAL RECYCLING OF BILE ACIDS
STRESS LEUKON
- MONOCYTOSIS
- LYMPHOPENIA
- EOSINOPENIA
- MATURE NEUTROPHILIA
CACHEXIA
PROLONGED MALNUTRITION
POLYCYTHEMIA
AKA ERYTHROCYTOSIS
INCREASED RBCs CONCENTRATION IN THE BLOOD