| Term | Definition |
|---|
| CHEMISTRY TEST USED TO ASSESS AN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE CANCER | ACID PHOSPHATASE |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS | ALBUMIN TEST |
| CHEMISTRY TEST USED TO ASSESS LIVER FUNCTION AND BONE DISORDERS | ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
| CHEMISTRY TEST USED TO ASSESS ACUTE PANCREATITIS | AMYLASE |
| LACK OF CIRCULATING RBC IN BLOODSTREAM | ANEMIA |
| TEST PERFORMED BY A RESPIRATORY TECHNICIAN USING AN ARTERIAL PUNCTURE; USED TO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF O2, CO2, pH LEVEL AND O2 SATURATION OF THE BLOOD | ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES |
| PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE BLOOD | BACTEREMIA |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS LIVER FUNCTION | BILIRUBIN TEST |
| BACTERIOLOCICAL TEST USED TO ISOLATE AND IDENTIFY INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS | BLOOD CULTURE |
| SAMPLE OF BONE MARROW IS WITHDRAWN BY THE PHYSICIAN AND EXAMINED BY THE LAB TECHNICIAN FOR BLOOD CELL EVALUATION | BONE MARROW ASPIRATION |
| SERIES OF CHEMISTRY TESTS TO EVALUATE ENZYMES PRODUCED BY DAMAGED CARDIAC MUSCLE | CARDIAC PROFILE |
| MACHINE WHICH SPINS TEST TUBES AT HIGH SPEEDS, CAUSING THE HEAVIER PARTICLES TO SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM, AND THE LIGHTER PARTICLES TO RISE TO THE TOP OF THE SOLUTION | CENTRIFUGE |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO DETECT AMOUNT OF LIPIDS IN BLOODSTREAM | CHOLESTEROL TEST |
| ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATION; DELAYS BLOOD CLOTTING | COUMADIN |
| CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE; CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS CARDIAC AND/OR LIVER DAMAGE | CPK |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS KIDNEY FUNCTION | CREATININE |
| ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATION; DELAYS BLOOD CLOTTING | DICOUMAROL |
| TISSUE SWELLING; ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE TISSUES | EDEMA |
| COMPONENTS IN BLOOD NECESSARY FOR CELLULAR ACTIVITY; TEST TO EVALUATE ACID-BASE BALANCE (RENAL FUNCTION); INCLUDES Ca, Na, Cl, K+ | ELECTROLYTES |
| PROTEIN SUBSTANCE WHICH FORMS A WEB LIKE NETWORK OF PROTEIN STRANDS THAT HELPS IN CLOT FORMATION | FIBRIN |
| COAGULATION TEST TO MEASURE THE BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS OF FIBRIN AND FIBRINOGEN | FIBRIN SPLIT PRODUCTS |
| PLASMA PROTEIN THAT IS CONVERTED INTO FIBRIN DURING CLOTTING PROCESS | FIBRINOGEN |
| BUBBLES FORMED IN A VACUUM TUBE OF BLOOD USUALLY CAUSED BY IMPROPER VENIPUNCTURE | FROTHING |
| GTT; CHEMISTRY TEST TAKEN AT SPECIFIC INTERVALS AFTER THE INGESTION OF 100gm OF GLUCOSE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA OR DIABETES MELLITUS | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
| STUDY OF BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING TISSUES | HEMATOLOGY |
| ELEVATED CONCENTRATION OF THE BLOOD DUE TO PROLONGED TOURNIQUET APPLICATION OR EXCESSIVE SQUEEZING OF A CAPILLARY PUNCTURE SITE | HEMOCONCENTRATION |
| DESTRUCTION OF RBC’S | HEMOLYSIS |
| CHEMICAL ADDED TO SOME VACUUM TUBES AND CAPILLARY TUBES TO PREVENT COAGULATION (ANTICOAGULANT) | HEPARIN |
| BLOOD SERUM THAT IS HEMOLYZED AND RED OR ORANGE IN APPEARANCE | ICTERIC |
| BACTERIOCIDAL SOLUTION USED TO PREPARE SITES FOR BLOOD CULTURE COLLECTION | IODINE |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS RBC ABILITY TO CARRY AND BIND WITH IRON, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD (TIBC) | IRON AND TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY |
| INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF IRON TO FORM NORMAL RBC | IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA |
| LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE; CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS MI, LIVER DISEASE OR METASTATIC CANCER | LDH |
| ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FAT IN THE BLOOD | LIPEMIA |
| BLOOD SERUM WHICH IS CLOUDY IN APPEARANCE; MAY BE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE FAT IN BLOOD | LIPEMIC SPECIMEN |
| SERIES OF CHEMISTRY TESTS TO ASSESS LIVER FUNCTION; INCLUDES SGOT, SGPT, BILIRUBIN, ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE | LIVER PROFILE |
| THE SPACE (OPENING) WITHIN A VESSEL OR TUBE; THE OPEN PART OF THE VEIN THROUGH WHICH BLOOD FLOWS; THE OPEN PART OF A NEEDLE THROUGH WHICH BLOOD FLOWS | LUMEN |
| VEINS OF THE HANDS | METACARPAL VEINS |
| VEINS OF THE FEET | METATARSAL VEINS |
| TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED | PALPABLE |
| TO FEEL; TO EXAMINE BY TOUCH; FEELING FOR A VEIN AND BEING ABLE TO JUDGE DEPTH, DIAMETER, PATENCY, AND DIRECTION | PALPATE |
| THE STATE OF BEING FREELY OPEN; A VEIN IS PATENT IF IT STILL RETAINS IT ELASTICITY AND HAS NO BLOCKAGE FROM SCARRING OR BRUISING | PATENCY |
| INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF B-12 CAUSES RBC TO NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY O2 | PERNICIOUS ANEMIA |
| INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN | PHLEBITIS |
| CONDITION WHERE THERE ARE TOO MANY RBC’S | POLYCYTHEMIA VERA |
| PERTAINING TO AFTER A MEAL | POST-PRANDIAL |
| PERTAINING TO A MEAL | PRANDIAL |
| HARDENED | SCLEROSED |
| TOXIC INFECTION OF THE BLOOD | SEPTICEMIA |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS LIVER, HEART OR SKELETAL MUSCLE DISEASE | SGOT |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO ASSESS LIVER DAMAGE | SGPT |
| CONGENITAL ANEMIA OCCURING PRIMARILY AMONG AFRICANS, WHEREIN THE RBCS HAVE A SICKLE SHAPE DUE TO A DEFECT IN HEMOGLOBIN | SICKLE CELL ANEMIA |
| IMMEDIATELY | STAT |
| FAINTING | SYNCOPE |
| SEROLOGY TEST TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF TREPONEMA PALLIDUM, THE ORGANISM WHICH CAUSES SYPHILIS. ALSO CALLED RPR, STS, AND VDRL | SYPHILIS TEST |
| INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN WITH CLOT FORMATION | THROMBOPHLEBITIS |
| CHEMISTRY TESTS PERFORMED TO EVALUATE THE FUNCTION OF THE THYROID GLAND; INCLUDES T3, T4, T7, TSH AND PBI | THYROID STUDIES |
| THE ACT OF PIERCING THROUGH AN OBJECT WITH A POINTED WEAPON (TRANSFIXION OF A VEIN) | TRANSFIXION |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF CIRCULATING LIPIDS IN THE BLOOD | TRIGLYCERIDES |
| CHEMISTRY TEST TO MEASURE URIC ACID IN BLOOD, A BY-PRODUCT OF METABOLISM. INCREASED IN GOUT, UREMIA AND ACIDOSIS | URIC ACID |
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