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anaphylaxis
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exaggerated, life- threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen
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antibody
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protective protein produced by B lymphocytes
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antigen
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substance that is recognized as harmful to the host
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cellular immunity
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acquired specific resistance, mediated by T cells
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host
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organism in or on which another, usually parasitic, organism is nourished and harbored
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humoral immunity
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acquired specific resistance, mediated by B cells
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immunocompetent
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able to develop an immune response
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immunopathology
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study of disease states associated with over reactivity or under reactivity of the immune response
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opportunistic infection
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infection occurring in a person with a wakened immmune system and caused by a microbe...
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palliative treatment
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treatment that provides relief, but not a cure
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serum
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liquid portion of blood that remains after the removal of fibrinogen
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adne/o
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gland
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agglutin/o
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clumping, gluing
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bas/o
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base (alkaline
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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chrom/o
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color
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eosin/o
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dawn (rose colored)
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granul/o
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granule
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hem/o orhemat/o
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blood
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kary/o ornucle/o
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nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland (node)
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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morph/o
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form, shape, structure
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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neutr/o
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neutral, neither
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phag/o
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swallowing, eating
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plas/o
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formation, growth
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poikil/o
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varied, irreggular
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reticul/o
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net, mesh
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sider/o
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iron
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ser/o
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serum
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splen/o
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spleen
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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xen/o
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foreign, strange
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-globin
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protein
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-graft
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transplantation
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
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--phil
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attraction for
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-phylaxis
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protection
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-poiesis
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formation, production
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-stasis
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standing still
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allo-
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other, differing from the normal
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aniso-
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unequal, dissimilar
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iso-
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same, equal
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anisocytosis
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condition of marked variation int he size of erythrocytes, when observed on a blood smear
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ascites
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accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal or pleural cavity
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bacteremia
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presence of viable bacteria circulating in the blood stream
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graft rejection
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recipient's immune system attacts a transplanted organ or tissue resulting in its distruction
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graft versus host reaction
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condition that occurs following bone marrow transplants where the immune cells in the transplanted...
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hematoma
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localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted
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hemoglobinopathy
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any disorder caused by abnormalities in the hemoglobin molecule
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hemolysis
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destruction of RBCs
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immunity
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state of being protected against infectious diseases
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active immunity
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immunity developed as a consequence of exposure to an antigen and he subsequent development...
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passive immunity
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immunity in which antibodies or other immune substances formed in one individual are transferred...
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lymphadenopathy
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any disease of the lymph nodes
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lymphosarcoma
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malignant neoplastic disorder of the lymphatic tissue
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septicemia
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systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms...
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serology
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blood test to detect the presence of antibodies, antigens, or immune substances
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titer
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blood test that measures the amount of antibodies in blood
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