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Achlorhydria:
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lack of hydrochloric
acid in the gastric secretions.
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Agglutination:
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Clumping together of
cells of particles.
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Bilirubin:
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A product from the
breakdown of hemoglobin, excreted in bile.
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Cyanotic:
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Bluish color of skin
and mucosa that nutritious medium in a laboratory.
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Demyelination:
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Loss of the myelin
sheath from a nerve surface, interfering with conduction.
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Deoxyhemoglobin:
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Hemoglobin: The red
respiratory protein of red blood cells that transports oxygen as oxyhemoglobin
from the lungs to the tissues, where the oxygen is readily released and the
oxyhemoglobin becomes hemoglobin.
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Diapedesis:
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the passage of
leukocytes through intact capillary walls to a site of inflammation.
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Dyspnea:
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Difficulty
breathing.
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Ecchymoses:
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reddish blue
dicoloration of skin or mucosa becasue of bleeding.
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Erythrocytosis:
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An increase in the
number of circulating red blood cells resulting from a known stimulus (as
hypoxia)—compare POLYCYTHEMIA VERA.
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Erythropoietin:
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a hormonal substance
that is formed especiallyin the kidney and stimulates red blood cell formation
—abbreviation EPO; —see EPOGEN, it responds to a decrease in oxygen levels in
body tissue.
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Ferritin:
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a storage form of
iron.
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Gastrectomy:
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Surgical excision of
part or all of the stomach.
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Glossitis:
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Inflammation of the
tongue.
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Hemarthrosis:
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Bleeding into a
joint cavity.
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