Definition of:
Anuria
What is without urine; producing no urine?
A test that checks for antibodies in the blood prior to a transfusion.
What is an antibody screen?
Differential count
What is blood test that determines the percentage of each kind of leukocyte (white blood cell)?
The most common type of sugar in the body
What is glucose?
Glycosuria
What is presence of sugar in the urine?
A substance that causes the body to produce antibodies; may be introduced into the body or formed within the body
What is an antigen?
Direct smear
What is a culture specimen placed on a slide for microscopic examination?
Evaluates how well a person metabolizes a calculated amount of glucose
What is a glucose tolerance test?
Anticoagulant
What is the substance that prevents clotting of the blood?
A drop of blood spread thinly on a slide for microscopic examination
What is a blood smear?
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
What is a blood test that determines the rate at which red blood cells settle out of the blood?
Measures the amount of glucose that attaches to the hemoglobin on red blood cells
What is a glycohemoglobin test?
Erythrocyte
What is a red blood cell (RBC)?
Blood test that measures blood serum levels of glucose (sugar) after a person has had nothing by mouth for a period of time
What is fasting blood sugar?
Gram’s stain
What is a technique of staining organisms to identify specific types of bacteria present?
Low blood sugar
What is hypoglycemia?
Agar plate
What is a special laboratory dish containing agar, a gelatinous colloidal extract of a red alga, which is used to provide nourishment for growth of organisms?
A sample of microorganisms or tissue cells taken from an area of the body for examination.
What is a culture specimen?
Specific gravity
What is weight or mass of a substance compared with an equal amount of another substance that is used as a standard?
The iron-containing protein of the red blood cells; serves to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.
What is hemoglobin?