Terminology Blood and Lymph
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- fibrinogen
- fiber producing
- fibrinolysis
- destruction of fibers
- hemoglobin
- blood protein
- hemolysis
- blood destruction
- hemorrhage
- rapid flow of blood
- hemostasis
- to stop bleeding or the stagnation of blood flow through the tissues.
- hematology
- study of blood
- hematoma
- the collection of blood under the skin as a result of blood escaping into the tissue from damaged blood vessels. Commonly referred to as a bruise
- hematopoiesis
- blood producing
- sanguinous
- pertaining to blood
- erythrocyte
- red cell
- leukocyte
- white cell
- thrombocyte
- clotting cell
- granulocyte
- granular cell
- agranulocyte
- nongranular cell
- erythrocytosis
- too many red cells
- leukocytosis
- too many white cells
- thrombocytosis
- increase in clotting cells
- erythropenia
- too few red cell
- leukocytopenia
- too few white cells
- thrombocytopenia
- too few clotting cells
- pancytopenia
- too few of any cells
- hematocytopenia
- too few blood cells
- lymphocyte
- lymph cell
- blood clot
- the hard collection of fibrin, blood cells, and tissue debris that is the end result of hemostasis or the blood-clotting process.
- coagulate
- when a liquid is converted to a gel or solid, as in blood coagulation.
- dyscrasia
- a general term indicating the presence of a disease affecting blood
- erythropoiesis
- the process of forming erythrocytes in the red bone marrow.
- hematologist
- a physician who specializes in treating diseases and conditions of the blood
- packed cells
- a transfusion of only the formed elements and without plasma.
- whole blood
- refers to a mixture of both plasma and formed elements
- basos
- basophils
- CBC
- complete blood count
- diff
- differential
- eosins, eos
- eosinophils
- ESR, SR sed rate
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- HCT. Hct, crit
- hematocrit
- Hgb, Hb, HGB
- hemoglobin
- lymphs
- lymphocytes
- MCV
- mean corpuscular volume
- monos
- monocytes
- PCV
- packed cell volume
- PT, Pro-time
- prothrombin time
- RBC
- red blood cell
- SMAC
- sequential multiple analyzer computer
- WBC
- white blood count
- Ig
- immunoglobulins (Ig A, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM)
- adenoiditis
- inflammation of the adenoids
- adenoidectomy
- excision of the adenoids
- immunoglobulin
- immunity protein
- immunology
- study of immunity
- lymphadenectomy
- excision of lymph gland
- lymphadenitis
- inflammation of the lymph glands
- lymphadenopathy
- lymph gland disease
- lymphangiogram
- record of lymph vessels
- lymphoma
- lymph tumor
- lymphatic
- pertaining to lymph
- pathogenic
- disease producing
- pathology
- study of disease
- splenomegaly
- enlarged spleen
- splenopexy
- surgical fixation of the spleen
- thymectomy
- excision of the thymus
- thymoma
- thymus tumor
- tonsillectomy
- excision of the tonsils
- tonsillitis
- inflammation of the tonsils
- lymphocytopenia
- too few lymph cells
- allergen
- an antigen that causes allergic reaction
- allergist
- a physician who specializes in testing for and treating allergies.
- allergy
- Hypersensitivity to a common substance in the environment or to a medication
- anaphylaxis
- severe, potentially life-threatening, allergic reaction to an antigen
- atypical
- abnormal
- autoimmune disease
- a disease that results from the body’s immune system attacking its own cells as if they were pathogens
- hives
- appearance of wheals as part of an allergic reaction
- immunocompromised
- having an immune system that is unable to respond properly to pathogens