Ch14 Vocabulary

chronic disabling disease body produces antibodies agnst own body cells & tissues

protein that acts to protect body by destroying antigen

suppression/stopping of immune response

formation of lymp

swelling of tissue due to accumulation of lymph fluids in intracell spaces

difficiency of lymphocytes in the blood

derived/resembling lymph tissue

inflam of lymph nodes

disease of lympd nodes

enlargment of spleen

removal of spleen

syndrome enlargment of spleen; blood cell destruction

maglignant tumor of thymus gland

p/t poison

exagerrated hyposensitivity to protein

p/t fluids lies b/t body cells; eventually becomes lymph nodes

abscense of spleen