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Blood, Lymph and Immune Systems
Week 8 Nur 102 Terminology
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
10/01/2012

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agglutin/o
Definition
clumping, gluing
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agglutination
Definition
process of clumping
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erythr/o
Definition
red
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erythrocyte
Definition
red cell (red blood cell)
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granul/o
Definition
granule
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granulocyte
Definition
cell (containing) granules (in the cytoplasm)
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hem/o

 

hemat/o

Definition
blood
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hemophobia
Definition
fear of blood
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hematoma
Definition
blood tumor
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immun/o
Definition
immune, immunity, safe
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immunology
Definition
study of immunity
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leuk/o
Definition
white
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leukemia
Definition

white blood condition

 

leukemia causes a profoundly elevated white blood cell count and a very low red blood cell count

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lymphanden/o
Definition
lymph gland (node)
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lymphandenopathy
Definition
disease of lymph nodes
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myel/o
Definition
bone marrow; spinal cord
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myelogenic
Definition
relating to the origin in bone marrow
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phag/o
Definition
swallowing, eating
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phagocyte
Definition
cell that eats (foriegn material)
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ser/o
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serum
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serology
Definition
study of serum
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thromb/o
Definition
blood clot
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thrombosis
Definition
abnormal condition of a blood clot
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emia
Definition
blood condition
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anemia
Definition
without blood
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globin
Definition
protein
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hemoglobin
Definition
blood protein
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-graft
Definition
transplantation
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autograft
Definition
self transportation
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-osis
Definition
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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leukocytosis
Definition
abnormal increase in white (blood) cells
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-penia
Definition
decrease, deficiency
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erythropenia
Definition
abnormal decrease in red (blood cells)
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phylaxis
Definition
protection
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anaphylaxis
Definition
against protection
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poiesis
Definition
formation, production
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hemopoiesis
Definition
formation of blood
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-stasis
Definition
standing still
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hemostasis
Definition
standing still of blood
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iron-deficiency anemia
Definition

most common world-wide

caused by a greater demand on stored iron than can be supplied, commonly as a result of inadequate dietary iron intake or malabsorption of iron

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sickle cell anemia
Definition

most common in african-americans

RBC's are cresent shaped, preventing cells from entering capillaries and resulting in severe pain and internal bleeding

caused by a defect in the gene responsible for hemoglobin synthesis

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ascites
Definition
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal or pleural cavity
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bacteremia
Definition
presence of viable bacteria circulating in the bloodstream usually transient in nature
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hematoma
Definition
localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel
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hemolysis
Definition
destruction of rbc's with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid
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hemostasis
Definition
arrest of bleeding or circulation
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immunity
Definition
state of being protected against infectious diseases
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active immunity
Definition
immunity produced by the person's own immune system
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passive immunity
Definition
immunity in which antibodies or other immune substances formed in one individual are transferred to another individual to provide immediate, temporary immunity
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septicemia
Definition
serious, life-threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, meningitis or infections of the bone or gi tract; also called blood infection or blood poisoning
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serology
Definition
labrotory test to detect the presence of antibodies, antigens or immune substances
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titer
Definition
blood test that measures the amount of antibodies in blood; commonly used as an indicator of immune status
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blood culture
Definition
test to determine the presence of pathogens in the bloodstream
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complete blood count (cbc)
Definition
series of tests that includes hemoglobin; hematocrit; rbc, wbc and platelet counts; defferential wbc count; rbc indices; and rbc and wbc morphology
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differential count (diff)
Definition
test that enumerates the distribution of wbcs in a stained blood smear by counting the different kinds of wbcs and reporting each as a percentage of the total examined
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erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr)
Definition
measurement of the distance rbcs settle to the bottom of a test tube under standardized condition
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hemoglobin (Hgb, Hg) value
Definition
measurement of the amount of hemoglobin found in a whole blood sample
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hematocrit (HCT, hct)
Definition
measurement of the percentage of rbcs in a whole blood sample
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prothrombin time (PT)
Definition
test that measures the time it takes for the plasma portion of the blood to clot. it is used to evaluate portions of the coagulation system
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partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
Definition
test that measures the length of time it takes blood to clot. it screens for deficincies of some clotting factors and monitors the effectiveness of anticoagulant (heparin) therapy; also calles activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
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red blood cell (RBC, rbc) indices
Definition
mathematical calculation of the size, volume and concentration of hemoglobin for an rbc
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