Word Parts
Hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o
Blood
What is the function of leukocytes?
Defend against infection and disease
Removal of small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination
Biopsy
Your pt's CBC results came back and it shows a significantly low number of RBC's. Dx?
Anemia
Inflammation
-itis
lymph/o, lymphat/o
Lymph
When a disease has a long duration and slow progression
Chronic
Measure the ability of a pt's blood to clot properly
Coagulation test
This condition destroys the body's infection-fighting T-cells, which can be fatal if they catch a common cold
AIDS
Love, attraction for
-phil, -philia
Agglutin/o
Clumping, sticking together
Body's ability to resist pathogens and toxins that cause infection
Immunity
Drug that kills or damage cells, preventing them from proliferating(Multiplying)
Cytotoxic drug
What disease is referred as the kissing disease?
Monocucleosis
Pertaining to break down or destruction
-Lytic
Phag/o
Eat, swallow, engulf
thrombocytes are also called:
Platelets
Seperation of Blood parts using a special machine
Apheresis
Malignant cancer of the lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue
Lymphoma
Formation
-poiesis
ser/o
sreum, serous
These cells make up 75% of B cells
IgC
A test that measures Immunoglobulins in the blood
Immunoelectrophoresis
A 65yo pt present to the ER with a cut on his finger that wont stop bleeding. Poss Dx?
Hint: CBC shows low platelets
Hemophilia
To seperate
-crit