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Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 3
11/03/2011
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Basophil
 Definition
Contains heparin and histamine
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Eosinophil
 Definition
Phagocytic cell involved in allergic reactions
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Neutrophil
 Definition
Phagocytic cell that accumulates at sites of infection
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Lymphocyte
 Definition
Controls the immune response; makes antibodies to antigens
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Monocyte
 Definition
Phagocytic cell that becomes a macrophage and digests and digests bacteria and tissue debris
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Albumin
 Definition
Protein in blood; maintains the proper amount of water in the blood
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Antibody
 Definition
Protein produces by lymphocytes in response to bacteria, viruses, or other antigens. An antibody is specific to an antigen and inactivates it
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Antigen
 Definition
Substance that stimulates the production of an antibody
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Basophil
 Definition
White blood cell containing granules that stain blue; associated with release of histamine and heparin
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Bilirubin
 Definition
Orange-yellow pigment in bile; formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin when red blood cells die
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Coagulation
 Definition
Blood clotting
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Colony stimulating factor
 Definition
Protein that stimulates the growth and proliferation of white blood cells
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Differentiation
 Definition
Change in structure and function of a cell as it matures; specialization
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Electrophoresis
 Definition
Method of seperating serum proteins by electrical charge
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Eosinophil
 Definition
White blood cell containing granules that stain red; associated with allergic reactions
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Erythrocyte
 Definition
Red blood cell. There are about 5 million per microliter or cubic millimeter of blood
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bas/o
 Definition
base
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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coagul/o
 Definition
clotting
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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eosin/o
 Definition
red, dawn, rosy
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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granul/o
 Definition
granules
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hemoglobin/o
 Definition
hemoglobin
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is/o
 Definition
same
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kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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mon/o
 Definition
one, single
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morph/o
 Definition
shape, form
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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neutr/o
 Definition
neutral
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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phag/o
 Definition
eat, swallow
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poiki/o
 Definition
varied, irregular
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sider/o
 Definition
iron
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spher/o
 Definition
globe, round
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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-apheresis
 Definition
removal, a carrying a carrying away
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-blast
 Definition
immature cell, embryonic
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-cytosis
 Definition
abnormal condition of cells
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-lytic
 Definition
pertaining to destruction
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-oid
 Definition
derived from
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phage
 Definition
eat, swallow
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-philia
 Definition
attraction for (increase in cell numbers)
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-phoresis
 Definition
carrying, transmission
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-stasis
 Definition
stop, control
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immun/o
 Definition
protection
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
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lymphaden/o
 Definition
lymph node
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
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tox/o
 Definition
poison
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ana-
 Definition
again, anew
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inter-
 Definition
between
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