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MOD E UNIT 3 VOCAB

  1. A protein substance produced in the body in respont to an invading foreign substance?
    Antibody
  2. An agent that works against the formation of blood clots?
    Anticoagulant
  3. An invading foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies?
    Antigen
  4. mono-
    one
  5. -crit
    to seperate
  6. -leuko
    white
  7. -pathy
    disease
  8. hemo-
    blood
  9. -stasis
    control, stopping
  10. -cyte
    cell
  11. -emia
    blood condition
  12. A cell that stains readily with acid stain?
    Eosinophil
  13. An immature red blood cell
    Erythroblast
  14. disease of the red blood cell
    Erythropathy
  15. lack of red blood cells
    Erythropenia
  16. blood protein; the iron-containing pigment of red blood cells
    hemoglobin
  17. excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood
    Hemorrhage
  18. condition of excessive sugar in the blood
    Hyperglycemia
  19. condition of deficient amounts of sugar in blood
    Hypoglycemia
  20. removal of white blood cells from the circulation
    Leukopheresis
  21. Inflammation of the lymph gland
    Lymphadenitis
  22. incision into a lymph gland
    Lymphadenotomy
  23. an abnormally large erthyrocyte
    Macrocyte
  24. a leukocyte that stains with neutral dyes
    Neutrophils
  25. a condition of the engulfing and eating of bacteria by the phagocytes
    Phagocytosis
  26. a condtion of too many blood cells
    Polycythemia
  27. a red blood cell containing a network of granules
    Reticulocytes
  28. one who specializes in the study of serum
    Serologist
  29. the clear- yellowish fluid that seperates from the clot when blood clots
    Serum
  30. blood enzyme that causes clotting by forming fibrin
    Thrombin
  31. a clotting cell; a blood platelet
    Thombocytes
  32. formation of a blood clot
    Thrombogenic
  33. a tumor of thymus
    Thymoma
  34. Life span of an erythrocyte and what shape are they?
    donut shaped cells without nuclei
  35. 3 functions of the lymphatic system
    Transports fluids, protects against pathogens, and serves as a pathway
  36. one who specializes in the practice and study of pathology
    Pathologist
  37. the fluid part of the blood
    Plasma
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MOD E UNIT 3 VOCAB
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BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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