Glossary, Chapter 7

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Table 7.5 Anatomy and Physiology Terms Relating to Blood

agglutinate (v); agglutination (n); agglutinin (n)   albumin (n)   anemia (n)   antibody (n); antibodies (pl)   antigen (n); antigenic (adj)   basophil (n)   catalyze (v); catalyst (n); catalyzer (n); catalytic (adj)   coagulation (n); coagulate (v); coagulant (n)   corpuscle (n); corpuscular (adj)   differentiate (v); differentiation (n)   erythropoiesis (n); erythropoietin (n); erythropoietic (adj)   fibrin (n)   fibrinogen (n)   globulin (n)   glycoprotein (n)   granulocyte (n)   hematopoiesis (n); hematopoietic (adj); hemopoiesis (n); hemopoietic (adj)   hemoglobin (n)   hormone (n)   hypochromic (adj); hypochromia (n)   hypoxia (n)   index (n); indices (pl)   isohemagglutinin (n)   leukocyte (n)   lymphocyte (n)   macrocyte (n); macrocytic (adj)   megakaryocyte (n)   microcyte (n); microcytic (adj)   monocyte (n)   oxyhemoglobin (n)   plasma (n)   platelet (n)   polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) (n)   prothrombin (n)   serum (n)   thrombin (n)   thrombopoietin (n); thrombopoiesis (n)   transfusion (n)

Table 7.6 Hereditary Hematologic Disorders

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase   hemophilia   hereditary elliptocytosis or ovalocytosis   hereditary spherocytosis   sickle cell anemia   thalassemia   von Willebrandís disease

Table 7.11 Wellness and Illness Terms Relating to the Blood

anemia (n)   anomaly (n); anomalies (pl)   aplasia (n); aplastic (adj)   autoimmune (n)   embolus (n); emboli (pl); embolization (n)   epistaxis (n)  erythroblastosis fetalis (n)   extramedullary (adj)   hemoglobinopathy (n)   hemolysis (n); hemolyze (v); hemolytic (adj)   hemorrhage (v, n); hemorrhagic (adj)   hemosiderosis (n); hemosiderin (n)   hepatomegaly (n)   immune thrombocytopenic purpura (n)   megaloblastic anemia (n)   menorrhagia (n)   microcephaly (n)   microphthalmia (n)   morphology (n)   myelodysplasia (n); myelodysplastic (adj)   myelofibrosis (n)  occult (adj)   pallor (n)   pancytopenia (n)   polycythemia vera (n)   splenomegaly (n)   thrombocytopenia (n)   thrombosis (n); thromboses (pl)