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coagulation
what is coagul/o?
Reduction in red blood cells noticed by the patient by weakness and fatigue
What is anemia?
red blood cell
What is an erythrocyte?
inflammation of vein caused by a clot
What is thrombophlebitis?
drug that prevents the coagulation of blood
What is an anticoagulant?
Hemoglobin
What is Hgb?
immune system
What is immun/o?
small bruise
What is petechia
condition characterized by large red blood cells
What is macrocytosis?
presence of urine in the blood
What is uremia?
surgical removal of a tonsil
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
What is AIDS?
Vein
What is phleb/o, ven/o?
pain in the spleen
What is splenalgia?
blockage of a vessel caused by a clot that has brocken off from where it formed
What is a thromboembolism?
inflammation of lymph vessels
What is lymphangitis?
infusion into a patient of from another source
What is a transfusion?
hematocrit
What is Hct?
blood
What is hem/o or hemat/o?
excessive blood loss
What is hemorrhage?
lymph cell
What is a lymphocyte?
inflammation of a tonsil
What is tonsillitis
incision into a lymph gland
What is lymphadenotomy?
prothrombin time
What is PT?
bone marrow, spine
What is myel/o
mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue
What is a hematoma?
normal-sized red blood cell
What is a normocyte?
excessive cholesterol in the blood
what is hypercholesterolemia?
drug that stops the flow of blood
What is hemostatic?
International normalized ratio
What is INR?
spleen
What is spleen/o?
a large bruise
What is ecchymosis?
increased number of white blood cells
What is leukocytosis?
any disease that deals with problems in blood coagulation
What is coagulopathy?
apheresis to remove cellular materials
complete blood count
What is CBC?
cell
What is cyt/o?
swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities
What is lymphedemia?
excess of red blood cells
What is polycythemia?
cancerous tumor of the bone marrow
What is myeloma?
surgical removal of the spleen
what is a spenectomy?
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
What is TTP?
clot
What is thromb/o
pain in the spleen
What is splenodynia?
What is a thrombosis?
tumor of the thymus
What is thymoma?
drug that breaks down blood clots
What is a thrombolytic?
bone marrow transplant
What is BMT?
white
What is leuk/o
injury to tissue that occurs after blood flow is restored
What is reperfusion injury?
absence of a spleen or of spleen function
What is asplenia?
formation of a blood clot in a vein deep in the body, most commonly in the leg
What is a deep vein thrombosis?
surgical removal of the spleen through the abdomen
What is a laparosplenectomy?
human immunodeficiency virus
What is HIV?
blood condition
What is -emia?
any disease of a lymph gland (node); used to refer to noticeably swollen lymph nodes, especially in the neck
What is lymphadenopathy?
abnormal deficiency in lymph
What is lymphopenia?
blockage of blood flow to an organ
What is ischemia?
surgical fixation of the spleen and a kidney
What is a nephrosplenopexy?
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
What is ESR?
deficiency
What is -penia?
deficiency in white blood cells
What is leukopenia?
anemia caused by inadequate iron intake
What is iron deficiency anemia?
surgical removal of a lymph gland
Whatis a lymphadenectomy?
Intravenous
What is IV?
lymph
What is lymph/o
immature red blood cell
What is a reticulocyte?
inflammation of the spleen
What is splenitis?
surgical removal of the thymus
What is a thymectomy?
partial thromboplastin time
What is PTT?
tonsils
What is tonsill/o?
Enlargement of the spleen
What is splenomegaly?
cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by the abnormal increase in white blood cells
what is leukemia?
general term for a process, similar to dialysis, that draws out a patient's blood, removes something from it, then returns the rest of the blood to the patient's body
What is apheresis?
Epstein-Barr Virus
What is EBV?
thymus
What is thym/o?
substance produced by the body in response to an antigen
What is an antibody?
Whatis autoimmune disease?
lymphadenopathy
What is LAD?