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| protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to presence of a foreign substance called an antigen |
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| substance recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates formation of antibodies in a immunocompetent individual |
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| organism that maintains or harbors another organism |
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| ability to develop an immune response, or the ability to recognize antigens and respond to them |
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| abnormal condition; increase used primarily with blood cells |
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| other, differing from the normal |
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| accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal and pleural cavity |
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| presence of viable bacteria circulating in the bloodstream usually transient in nature |
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| 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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| destruction of RBC's with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid |
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| arrest of bleeding or circulation |
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| state of being protected against infectious diseases |
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| immunity produced by the person's own immune system |
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| 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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| any disease of the lymph nodes |
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| malignant neoplastic disorder of lymphatic tissue (not related to Hodgkin disease) |
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| serious, life threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, meningitis, or infection of the bone or GI tract; also called blood infection or blood poisoning |
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| laboratory test to detect the presence of antibodies, antigens, or immune substances |
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| blood test measures the amount of antibodies in the blood; commonly used as an indicator of immune status |
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| series of tests that includes hemoglobin; hematocrit, RBC, WBC, and platelet counts, differential WBC count; RBC indices; and RBC and WBC morphology |
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| drawing in or out by suction |
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| representative tissue sample removed from a body site for microscopic examination, usually to establish a diagnosis |
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| removal of a lymph vessel |
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infusion of blood or blood components into the bloodstream
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| grafting of living tissue from its normal position to another site or from one person to another |
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| prevent blood clots from forming by inhibiting the synthesis or inactivation of one or more clotting factors |
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| prevent replication of viruses within host cells |
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| dissolve blood clots by destroying their fibrin strands |
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| acquired immune deficiency syndrom |
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| differential count (white blood cells) |
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| Human immunodeficiency virus |
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| Red Blood Cell, erythrocyte |
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| white blood cell, leukocyte |
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