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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 7 REVIEW
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10/16/2012

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APLASTIC ANEMIA
Definition
TYPE OF ANEMIA CAUSED BY RED BONE MARROW'S FAILURE TO PRODUCE ENOUGH RBC
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MEDICAL TERM FOR A BLOOD SAMPLE CONTAINING RED BLOOD CELLS OF UNEQUAL SIZES
Definition
ANISOCYTOSIS
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THIS TEST MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF EACH TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL
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DIFFERENTIAL COUNT
Term
MEDICAL TERM FOR SWOLLEN, RED, PAINFUL, AND WARM TO THE TOUCH
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INFLAMMATION
Term
PREVENT BLOOD LOSS FOLLOWING AN INJURY BY AIDING IN THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOTS THROUGH COAGULTATION
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PLATELETS
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MONONUCLEOSIS
Definition
VIRAL DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY ENLARGED LYMPH NODES, AN INCREASED NUMBER OF MONOCYTES AND LYMPHOCYTES, SORE THROAT, AND FATIGUE
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Definition
INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL CLOTTING PROCESS DUE TO A DECREASED NUMBER OF PLATELETS
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MACROCYTOSIS
Definition
ABNORMALLY LARGE RED BLOOD CELLS
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NECROSIS
Definition
MED TERM FOR CELL,TISSUE, OR ORGAN DEATH
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ABBREVIATION FOR PLATELET COUNT
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PLT
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A THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT INVOLVING ADMINISTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE WITH KNOWN TOXICITY TO BACTERIA
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ANTIBIOTICS
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TERM FOR CHEMICAL AGENT THAT REDUCES BLOOD CLOTTING
Definition
ANTICOAGULANT
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CORRECT SPELLING
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ANEMIA
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HEMORRAGE
Definition
ABNORMAL  LOSS OF BLOOD FROM THE CIRCULTATION
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
Definition
DISEASES THAT ARE CAUSED BY A PERSON'S OWN IMMUNE RESPONSE ATTACKING OTHERWISE HEALTHY TISSUES
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DIPTHERIA
Definition
A DISEASE CAUSED BY A BACTERIUM AND ITS TOXIN, RESULTS IN FORMATION OF A MEMBRANE IN THE MOUTH AND THROAT
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A CANCER OF BONE MARROW, THE BLOOD- FORMING TISSUE IN BONE
Definition
LEUKEMIA
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THROMBOLYSIS
Definition
PROCESS OF DISSOLVING A BLOOD CLOT
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MEDICAL TERM FOR A TREATMENT GIVEN TO PREVENT INFECTION
Definition
PROPHYLAXIS
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
VACCINE
Term
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
Definition
ANEMIA THAT IS CAUSED BY AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOLIC ACID
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INFECTION
Definition
WHEN DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS MULTIPLY WITHIN THE BODY
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ANEMIA
Definition
DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY REDUCED NUMBERS OF RED BLOOD CELLS OR REDUCED AMOUNTS OF FUNCTIONAL HEMOGLOBIN
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
HEMOPHILIA
Term
A TEST TO DETERMIN INFECTION IN THE BLOOD
Definition
BLOOD CULTURE
Term
SEVERE AND SOMETIMES LIFE THREATENING REACTION TO AN ANTIGEN WHICH CAUSES RAPID INFLAMMATION AND SYSTEM WIDE SPASM
Definition
ANAPHYLAXIS
Term
PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE INTRODUCTION OF BLOOD, BLOOD PRODUCTS, OR A BLOOD SUBSTITUDE INTO A PATIENT'S CIRCULATION
Definition
TRANFUSION
Term
AUTOIMMUNE
Definition
A DISEASE THAT IS CAUSED BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKING ONE'S OWN TISSUES
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CORRECT MEANING OF THE SUFFIX IN THE TERM LEUKEMIA
Definition
BLOOD CONDITION
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SEPSIS
Definition
A SYSTEMWIDE DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA IN THE CURCULATING BLOOD
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Definition
TYPE OF ANEMIA IS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE HEMOGLOBIN THAT CAUSES MISSHAPEN CELLS
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IDIOPATHIC
Definition
A DISEASE THAT DEVELOPS WITHOUT A KNOWN OR APPARENT CAUSE
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AN INFECTION THAT IS CONTRACTED DURING A HOSPITALIZATION STAY
Definition
NOSICOMIAL
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