Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems Ch9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adenoid | resemebling a gland |
| agglutination | process of clumping |
| basophil | attraction to base |
| erythroblastosis | abnormal increase of embroynic red (cells) |
| hypochromic | under coloration |
| eosinophil | attraction for rose colored (dye) |
| erythrocyte | red cell |
| granulocyte | cell (contatining) granulocytes (in the cytoplasm) |
| hemophobia | fear of blood |
| hematoma | blood tumor |
| immunology | study of immunity |
| karyolysis | destruction of the nucleus |
| monocuclear | pertaining to a single nucleus |
| leukemia | white blood condition |
| lymphadenopathy | disease of lymph nodes |
| lymphoid | resembling lymph |
| lymphangioma | tumor (composed of) lymph vessels |
| morphology | study of form, shape, and structure |
| myelogenic | relating to the origin in bone marrow |
| neutrophilic | pertaining to an attraction for neutral dyes |
| phagocyte | cell that eats (foreign material) |
| aplastic | pertaining to a failure to form |
| poikilocyte | cell that is irregular or varied (in shape) |
| reticulocyte | cell (that contains a) net or meshwork |
| serology | study of serum |
| sideropenia | deficiency of iron |
| splenorrhagia | bursting forth of the spleen |
| thrombosis | abnormal condition of a blood clot |
| thymopathy | disease of the thymus gland |
| xenograft | foreign transplantation, also called heterograft |
| erythroblast | embryonic red cell |
| anemia | without blood |
| hemoglobin | blood protein |
| autograft | self transplantation |
| leukocytosis | abnormal increase in white (blood) cells |
| erythropenia | abnormal decrease in red (blood cells) |
| neutrophil | attraction for a neutral (dye) |
| electrophoresis | carring an electric (charge) |
| anaphylaxis | against protection |
| hemopoiesis | formation of blood |
| hemostasis | standing still of blood |
| amorphic | without a (definite) form |
| allograft | transplantation differing from the normal; also called homograft |
| anisocytosis | abnormal increase in cells that are unequal |
| isochromic | pertaining to the same color |
| macrocyte | large (red) cell |
| microcyte | small (red) cell |
| mononucleosis | abnormal increase of mononuclear (cells) |
| polymorphic | pertaining to many forms or shapes |
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