Blood; types of blood cells

____________ is a a fatty substance (lipids) that circulates in the bloodstream, and forms an essential part of all cells.

• coagulation

• cholesterol

• erythrocyte

• haemophilia

___________ means prevention of blood clotting.

• anticoagulant(adj)

• anticoagulate(v)

• anticoagulation(n)

• coagulant (n)

Coagulation (n) means ___________

• a drug that slows or stops the clotting of the

• a substance that makes blood clot

• clotting; formation of a blood clot

• preventing blood coagulation

embolism (n) is ____________

• obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by a blood clot.

• the artificial or natural formation or development of an embolus.

• red blood cell.

• the vomiting of blood.

_________ diseases affect the blood and blood-forming organs.

• Haematoma

• Haematology

• Haematologist

• Haematological

__________ means stopping bleeding or slowing the movement of blood.

• haemostat (n)

• haemostatic (adj)

• Haemostasis (n)

• haemorrhagic (adj)

_________ patients need chemotherapy and at

some stage bone marrow transplant.

• leukocyte(n)

• leukaemia(n)

• septicaemic (adj)

• Leukaemic (adj)

Thrombin means ______

• a naturally occurring enzyme that converts

  fibrinogen to fibrin and so coagulates blood

• a soft mass of coagulated blood in a vein or artery

• heavy bleeding

• vomiting blood

-philia: ______

• white

• tumour or swelling

• study of

• attraction for

erythro-:________

• white

• red

• blood clot

• cell