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| liquid portion of the blood and lymph |
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| a group of leukocytes containing granules in their cytoplasm |
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| a granular leukocyte, named for the rose-colored stain of its granules |
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| a granular leukocyte, named from the dark stain of its granules |
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| a leukocyte without granules in their nuclei |
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| an agranulocytic leukocyte that is active in the process of immunity |
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| an agranulocytic leukocyte that performs phagocytosis to fight infection |
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| a substance that causes the formation of antibodies against it |
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| presence of small red blood cells |
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| presence of large red blood cells |
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| presence of red blood cells of unequal size |
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| presence of large, irregularly shaped red blood cells |
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| an increased number of immature erythrocytes in the blood |
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| an abnormally reduced number of red blood cells |
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| an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes |
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| a decreased number of neutrophils |
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| an abnormally reduced number of all cellular components in the blood |
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| an abnormally decreased number of platelets in the blood, impairing the clotting process |
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| breakdown of the red blood cell membrane |
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| enlarged (diseased) lymph nodes |
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| enlargement of the spleen |
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| a condition of recuced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red cells in the blood |
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| a disorder that results from the incompatibility of a fetus with Rh-positive blood and a mother with Rh-negative blood |
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| hereditary disorder with an excessive buildup of iron deposits in the body |
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| a group of heredity bleeding disorders caused by a defectin clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood |
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| chronic or acute disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by abnormal leukocytes in the blood and bone marrow |
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| disorder within the bone marrow characterized by a proliferation of abnormal stem cells |
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| any neoplastic disorder of lymph tissue |
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| increased number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin in the blood |
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| systemic disease caused by infection with microorganisms and their toxins in circulating blood |
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| incision into or puncture of a vein to withdraw blood for testing |
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| incision into a lymph node |
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| removal of the thymus gland |
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| removal of plasma from the body |
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