Chapter 13-2: Blood System—Part 2
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
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Give the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =
no, endocrine = en).
1. Anisocytosis: __________
2. Erythropoietin: __________
3. Purpura: __________
4. Anticoagulant: __________
5. Eosinophil: __________
6. Albumin: __________
7. Differentiation: __________
8. Myelodysplasia: __________
9. A. myeloma
B. myleoma
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
10. A. erythropoeisis
B. erythropoiesis
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
11. A. fibrinogen
B. fibrinogin
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
12. A. billirubin
B. bilirubin
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
13. A. platlet
B. platelet
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
14. A. poykilocytosis
B. poikilocytosis
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
15. A. leukopheresis
B. leukapheresis
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
16. A. heparin
B. heparine
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
17. A. electropheresis
B. electrophoresis
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
18. A. thallassemia
B. thalassemia
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
19. What is serum?
20. What is a hematopoietic stem cell?
21. What is a neutrophil?
Give the meanings of the following terms.
22. Myelopoiesis: __________
23. Anticoagulant: __________
24. Thrombolytic: __________
Describe the problems in the following forms of anemia.
25. Sickle cell anemia: __________
26. Aplastic anemia: __________
27. Thalassemia: __________
28. CLL: __________
29. AML: __________
30. Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura: __________
31. Hemophilia: __________
