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| is a result of the body developing the ability to defend itself against a specific agent as a result of having had the disesase of from having recieved an immunization against a disease. |
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| Acquired immunodeficiency (AIDS) |
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| involves clinical conditions that destroy the body's immune system in the last or final phase of a human immunodeficiency virus infection. |
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| masses of lymphatic tissue located near the opening of the nasal cavity. |
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| The clumping of cells as a result of interaction with specific antibodies called aggulutinins |
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| A plasma protien . Various are found in partically all medical tissues and in many plant tissues. |
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| A substance that can produce a hypersensitive reaction in the body. |
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| A hypersensitive reaction to normally harmless antigens. Most of wich aree enviromental. |
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| An exaggerated , life threatning hypersenistivity reaction to a previously encounted antigen. |
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| A condition in which there is a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood to levels below the normal range , resulting in a deficiency of oxygen being delivered to the cells . |
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| An abnormal condition of the blood characterized by red blood cells of variable and abnormal size. |
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| Substances produced by the body in response to bacteria, viruses,or other foreign substances . Each class of antibody is named for its action. |
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| A substance , usually a protein that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody |
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| Severe anemia due to destruction or depressed functioning of the bone marrow, usually resulting from bone cancer , radiation, or the toxic effect of certain drugs or chemicals. |
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| An abnormal collection of fluid within the peritoneal cavity. |
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| A granulocytic white blood cell characterized by cytoplasmic granules that stain blue when exposed to a basic dye . represents 1% or less of the total white blood cell count. |
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| The orange-yellow pigment of bile formed principally by the break down of hemoglobin in red blood cells after termination of their normal life span. |
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| An undifferentiated blastomere of the morula or the blastula stage og an embryo. |
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| The process of transfoming a liquid into a solid , especially of the blood . |
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| Any cell of he body; a red or white blood cell. |
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| Origin and developement of cells. |
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| A large species- specific herpes type virus with a wide variety of dises effects cause serious illness in persons with AIDS and newborns. |
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| A process of developement in which unspcialized cells or tissues are systemically modified and altered to achieve specific and characteristic physical forms. |
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| USED to discover the presence of antierythrocyte antibodies present in the blood of an RH negative women. |
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| Abnomal condition of the blood of the bone marrow, such as leukemia , aplastic anemia or parental RH incompatibility. |
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| The abnormal accumilation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissue. |
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| Movement of charged suspended particles through a liquid medium in respeonse to changes in an electric field . Charged particles of a substance migrate in a specific direction at a specific speed. |
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| Linked immunosorbent assay. |
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| Agranulocytic , bilobed leukocyte somewhat larger than a neutrophil characterized by large numbers of coarse, refractile , cytoplasmic granules that stain with the acid dye eosin. |
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| Presence of an abnormally increased number of eosinophils in the blood. |
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| An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells. |
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| An immature red blood cell |
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| Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |
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| Test performed on the blood , which measures the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of unclotted blood. Determined by measuring the settling distance of RBC's is normal saline over one hour. |
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| Also known as polycythemia vera is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized as an elevated level of blood cells (red). |
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| The process of red blood cell production. |
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| A hormone synthesized mainly in the kidneys and released into the bloodstream in response to anoxia (lack of oxygen). Hormone acts to stimulate and regulate the production of erythrocytes thus increase the oxygen . Carrying capacity of the blood. |
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| A stringy , insoluable protien that is the substance of a blood clot. |
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| A plasma protien converted into fibrin by thrombin in the presense of calcium ions. |
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| Group of 4 globulin protien molecules that become bound by the iron in heme molecules to form hemoglobin. |
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| A plasma protien made in the liver. Globulin helps in the synthesis of antibodies. |
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| A type of leukocyte characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic granules. |
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| Condition characterized by an abnormally large number of granulocytes in blood or tissue. |
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| Centrifuge for seperating blood cells from plasma |
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| One who specializes in diseases and disorders of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
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| Scientific study of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
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| Pigmented iron containing , nonprotien proportion of the hemoglobin molecule . Heme binds with and carries oxygen in the blood cells, releasing it to tissues that give off excess amounts of carbon dioxide. |
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| Rare metabollic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and sever diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue especially of the liver. |
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| Complex protien - iron compound in the blood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs. |
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| Graphic record of the cellular elements of the blood. |
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| Breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin. |
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| X-linked genetic disorders , symptomatic chiefly in males , in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood . |
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| loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time , either externally or internally hemmorhage may be arterial , venous, or capillary . |
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| Termination of bleeding by mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body , consistion of vasoconstriction , platelet aggregation , and thrombin and fibrin synthesis. |
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| A naturally occuring anticlotting factor present in the body. |
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| Greater than normal amounts of the bile pigment , bilirubin, in the blood. |
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| Excessive level of blood fats , usually caused by a lipoprotien lipase deficiency or a defect in the conversion of low density lipoprotiens to high - density lipoprotiens called hyperlipdemia. |
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| also called hyperlipemia. |
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| Abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets. |
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| Pertaining to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen. |
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| State of being resistant to or protected from a disease . The individual is said to be immune. |
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| Process of creating immmmunity to a specific disease. |
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| Impairment of the immune response , predisposing to infection and certain malignants. |
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| Health specialist whose training and experience is concentrated in immunology. |
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| Study of the reaction of tissues of the immune system of the body to antigenic stimulation. |
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| Special treatment of allergic responses that administers increasingly large doses of the offending allergens to gradually develop immunity. |
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| Pertaining to a solution containing the same salt concentration as mammalians blood (humans). |
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| Locally destructive malignant neoplasm of the blood vessels associated with AIDS, typically forming lesions on the skin , visceral organs , or mucous membranes. |
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| Several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufature of red and white blood cells and platelets. |
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| A white blood cell, one of the formed elements of the circulating blood system. |
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| Abnormal decrease in muber of white blood cells to fewer than 5,000 cells per cubic milimeter. |
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| Interstitial fluid picked up by the lymphatic capillaries and eventually returned to the blood . Once the interstitial fluid enters the lymphatic vessles, it is known as lymph. |
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| Inflammation in the lymphatic gland. |
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| Any disorder of the lymph nodes or lymoh vessels , characterized by localized or generalized enlargement. |
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| X-ray assesment of the lymphatic system following injection of a contrast medium into the lymph vessels in the hand or foot. |
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| Small, agranulocytic leukocytes originating from fetal stem cells and developing in the bone marrow. |
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| Tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes. |
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| Any phagocytic cells involved in the defense against infection and in the disposal of the products of the breakdown of cells. Found in the lymph nodes , liver, spleen, lungs, brain,and spinal cord. |
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| Large bone - marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus , regarded as the source of blood platelets. |
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| A large mononuclear leukocyte. |
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| Abnormally low number of monocytes in the blood. |
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| Presence of an abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes , or monocytes in the blood ; (infectios mononucleosis). |
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| Branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms. |
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| A malignant plasma cell tumor of the bone marrow that destroys bone tissue. |
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| Disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigibility especially of the face, tongue and neck. |
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| Pertaining to the bone marrown or the spinal cord. |
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| Individual who has a full-blown case of a disease such as measels will usually develop enough antibodies to prevent a recurrece of the disease. |
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| A polymorphonuclear granular leukocyte that stains easily with neutral dyes. |
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| Marked reduction in the number of the red blood cells ,white blood cells and platelets. |
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| Any disease - producing agent , escpecially a virus, bacterium , or other microorganisms . |
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| Sever anemia caused by the diminution or absence of stomach acid secretion , with consequent failure of the gastric mucosa. |
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| Any cell , as a macrophage , that ingests and destroys foreign particles , bacteria and cell debi's. |
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| Injestion of a samller cell or cell fragment , a microorganism , or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cells membrane. |
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| Watery , straw -colored , fluid portion of the lymph and the blood in which the leukocytes , erythrocytes, and platelets are suspended. |
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| A clotting cell; a thrombocyte. |
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| Abnormal increase in the number of RBC'S granulocytes , and thrombocytes, leading to an increase in blood volume and viscosity (thickness). |
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| a blood test used to evaluate the common pathway and extrinsic system of clot formation. |
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| Collectio of blood beneath the skin in the form of pinpoint hemorrhages appearig as red -purple skin discoloration. |
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| Examination of the RBCs on a stained blood smear that enables the examiner to identify the form and shape of the RBCs. |
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| Immature erythrocyte characterized by a meshlike pattern of threads and particles at the formaer site of the nucleus. |
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| A measurement of the numbers of cirulation reticulocytes , immarute erythrocytes in blood specimen. |
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| An aggregation of RBCs viewed through the microscope that may be an artifact or may occur with persons with multiple myeloma as a result of abnormal protiens. |
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| A systemic inflammatory disease resulting in the formation of multiple small rounded lesions in the lungs , lymph nodes , eyes , liver , and other organs. |
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| Abnormal condition in which a clot develops in a blood vessel. |
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