OT 11

developing cell

color

red

blood

immunity

white

clear water, fluid

one

• bone marrow'
• also means spinal cord, medulla, myelin sheath

kernel, nucleus

disease

change

irregular

twisted or gnarled

heat

clot

wart like, thymus gland

poison

virus

to separate

cell

condition of the blood

globe like protien

to loosen, dissolve

condition of

• abnormal reduction in number,
• deficiency

surgical fixation, suspension

loving, affinity for

protection

formation

standing still

treatment

form of poisening caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum

disease caused by a bacterium and its toxin, resulting in inflammation of mucous membranes, primarily in the mouth and throuat

• cancer of lumphatic tissue
• characterized by the progrssive enlargement of lymph nodes, fatigue, and deficiency of the immune response

viral disease characterized by a temporary inflammation of mucous membranes and fever. The flue.

disease caused by a parasitix protazoan that infects red blood cells and is carried by mosquitoes. periodic fever and fatigue

any infectious disease of wide prevalence or excessive mortality, also refers specifically to an iacute infectious disease caused by the bacterium.

disease caused by a powerful neurotoxin released by the common bacterium clostridium tetani. the toxin acts upon the cnetral nervous system to vause convulsions and paralsis

process in which pathogens are rendered less virulent, prior to their incorporation into a vaccine preparaion

test or series of tests on blood samples to measure the levels of particular components- glucose, cholesterol ect

test to determine infection in the blood by placing a blood sample on a nutritive media in an effort to grow populations of bacteria for analysus

timed blood test to determine the time required for a blood clot to form. One type of this test, prothrombin time, measures the time required for prothrombin, a precursor protien, to form thrombin and is often used to monitor anticlotting therapy. Another type of test is partial thromboplastin time, which is used to evaluate clotting ability

• a common laboratory blood test that provides diagnostic information of a patients general health. includes several more specific tests including hermatacrit, hemoglobin, red blood count, and white blood count
• CBC

microscopic count of the number of each type of white blood cell, using a stained blood smear

• a timed test to measure the rate at which red blood cells fall through a colume of plasma to provide information on their hemoglobin content commonly used to evaluate nonspecific systematic inflammation
• ESR

• removal of a donors blood, which is then separated into blood components, which one portion retained for use and the remainder returned to the donor. Includes plasmapheresis, in which plasma is used, and leukapheresis, in which white blood cells are used, and plateletpheresis, in which platelets are used.
• PLT

acquired immune dificiency syndrome

complete blood ocunt

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

hematocrit

hemoglobin

human immunodeficiency virus

international normalized ratio

lymphadenopathy syndrome

pneumocystis carinni pneumonia

platelet count

prothrombin time

partial thromboplastin time