| A | B |
|---|
| antibody | immunoglobin produced by lymphocytes specific to an antigenic substance |
| antigen | substance capable of inducing a specific immune response and reacting with a specific antibody |
| arrhythmia | variation from the normal heartbeat rhytmn |
| autologous | belonging to the same organism/individual |
| autotransfusion | reinfusion of the patient's own blood |
| electrolyte | chemical substance that dissociates into electrically charged particles when dissolved or melted |
| hematocrit | the volume percentage of erythrocytes in whole blood |
| hemoglobin | main functioning constituent of the RBC, oxygen carrying protein |
| hemolysis | rupture of RBCs with release of hemoglobin into the plasma |
| homologous | belonging to the same species |
| hypercalcemia | excess calcium in the blood |
| hyperkalemia | excess potassium in the blood |
| hypernatremia | excess sodium in the blood |
| hypocalcemia | diminished calcium in the blood |
| hypokalemia | diminished potassium in the blood |
| hyponatremia | diminished sodium in the blood |
| hypovolemia | decreased volume of circulating fluid in the body |
| intravenous | within a vein, as administration of medications |
| isotonic | fluid that surrounds a cell membrane has the same tonicity and osmotic pull as inside the cell |
| metabolic acidosis | condition resulting from accumulation of acid or depletion of alkaline reserve in blood or body tissue |
