MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
DIAGNOSTICS
PHARMACOLOGY
ABBREVIATIONS & WORD BUILDING
100
An overreaction by the body to a particular antigen
What is an allergy
100
Peak levels of plasma antibody are achieved in 10 days
What is primary immune response
100
Blood test used to diagnose lymph and immune system disease?
What is WBC count (White blood cell count)
100
Medications capable of inhibiting growth, or killing pathogenic bacterial microorganisms
What is an antibiotics
100
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
What is AIDS
200
One-celled microscopic organisms, some of which are pathogenic
What is bacteria
200
Innate (nonspecific) defenses contain B cells & T cells (TRUE or FALSE)
What is FALSE
200
The most accurate means to establish definitive diagnosis for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID?)
What is mutation analysis
200
A broad class of drugs that includes hematopoietic drugs & immunomodulating drugs.
What is biologic response-modifying drugs
200
Phleb/o
What is vein
300
A disease treatment that involves either stimulating or repressing the immune response
What is immunotherapy
300
Most important mechanism, occurs during second line of defense
What is inflammation
300
Clinical laboratory test that measures how long needed for blood to coagulate and form a clot
What is Prothrombin time (PT)
300
Drugs that treat rheumatic disease and have the potential to arrest or slow disease processes
What is Anti-rheumatic drugs
300
Immunoglobulins
What is Ig
400
Large phagocytic cells that sometimes reside permanently in various organs and tissues to combat pathogens
What is a macrophage
400
A state of resistance against infection from a particular pathogen
What is immunity
400
Clinical procedure that involves collection and storage of patient's own blood prior to actual need
What is Autologous Transfusion
400
Drug that enhances immune response
What is immunostimulant drugs
400
production, formation (suffix)
What is -poiesis
500
Severe response to an allergen in which the symptoms develop quickly, and without help, the patient can die within a few minutes
What is anaphylaxis
500
B cells encounter antigens and produce antibodies against them
What is active immunity
500
An allergy testing in which the body is exposed to alleges through light scratch in skin
What is Scratch test
500
Substances of biologic origin used to prevent, treat, or cure infectious disease
What is antimicrobial drugs
500
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
What is ELISA
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