| A | B |
|---|
| Candidiasis | Yeast infection also known as thrash |
| Culture media | Substances that enhance growth of microorganisms |
| Mircrobiology | Study of organisms too small to be seen without a microscope |
| Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) | Organism highly resistant to antibiotics |
| Serology | Study of antigen and antibody reactions of the body's immune system |
| Virology | The study of viruses |
| Spore | Thick-walled reproductive cell |
| Anemia | Insufficient levels of hemoglobin in the red blood cells |
| Antecubital space | Depression i front of the elbow that is most commonly used site for venipuncture |
| Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate | Rate at which red blood cells settle at the bottom of the tube |
| Hematology | The study of blood and the tissues that produce it |
| Hemoglobin | Iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body |
| Phenylketonuria | Congenital disease caused by a defect in the metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine |
| Microhematocrit | Performed with a capillary tube on an extremely small quantity of blood |
| Serum | Plasma without the fibrinogen |
| Platelets | The smallest cells in the blood, whose main function is to assist in the clotting of blood |
| Leukocytes | Two types of larger blood cells that fight infection |
| Neutrophils | Most common type of phagocyte primarily attacks bacteria |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| Erythropoietin | Glycoprotein hormone that controls red blood cell production |
| micro | small |
| -ology | study of |
| ser/o | serum |
| vir/o | virus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -cyte | cell |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -poietin | chemical formation |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| Agglutination | clumping together |
| Mircroorganisms | or microbe, is an organism(form of life) that is microscopic |
| Mycology | study of fungi |
| Smear | thin layer of mircroorganisms spread on a glass tile |
| Viable | capable of living |
| Sputum | mucous substance expelled when coughing or clearing of the bronchi |
| Hemoglobinometer | hand held device that allows testing for ones blood level |
| Lymphocytes | WBC's created in the bone marrow |
| Monocytes | type of leukocytes that are formed in the bone marrow from stem cells |
| Mononucleosis | contagious viral infection,aka: mono, kissing disease |
| HgbA1C | measures blood glucose levels over period of time |
| Lipid panel | blood test that measures lipids-fats, and fatty substances |
| Glucometer | portable machine that monitors blood sugar level |
| Eosinophils | granular white cells that captures invading microorganisms |
| Basophils | graular leukocytes |
| Capillaries | small blood vessels |
| Hematopoiesis | formation of blood cells |
| Inoculated | microoraganisms places on or in a media |
| Eukaryotic | cells that have a nucleus organelles in the cytoplasm |
