SHORT LABORATORIAN DICTIONARY

ANEMIA - reducing the number of red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit related to a unit volume of blood

ANURIA - reduction in the urine amount below 100 ml per day

DYSURIA - painful urination

BCC / blood cell counts / - ratio of different types of leukocytes in peripheral blood showing characteristic changes in several disease states

ENURESIS – incontinence

ERYTHROCYTE – red blood cells

INSULIN – pancreatic hormone that lowers blood sugar

SUMMARY blood counts – includes red blood cell count, total leukocyte count, platelets

CREATININE – a degradation product of metabolism

LEUKOCYTES – white blood cells

LYMPHOCYTES – a subset of leukocytes

LIPIDS – fats

MCN – Fate Content of hemoglobin in one erythrocyte, caotnoshenie between the Content of hemoglobin and erythrocyte count

MCNC – Average concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin

MCV - Average volume of individual erythrocyte

MICROHAEMATURIA – blood in the urine, which can be only detected with testing

MONOCYTES – a subset of leukocytes

NEUTROPHILS – a subset of granulocytes

NOCTURIA – frequent urination at night

OLIGURIA – quantitative decrease in urine from 100 to 500 ml per day

GOUT – a disease caused by high levels of uric acid in blood

POLYURIA – quantitative excretion > 3 liters a day

FULL BLOOD COUNT – blood counts and short subgroups of leukocytes

RETICULOCYTES – young, immature red blood cells

REFERENT VALUES – normal values

ESR – measuring the speed of sedimentation of blood cells, the surest sign of the presence of inflammation in the body

TRANSAMINASE – cellular enzyme in the liver

TRIGLYCERIDES – neutral fats

THROMBUS – a blood stopper in the arteries or veins

THROMBOPENIA – low amount of platelets

PLATELETS – blood platelets important for blood coagulation

TUMOR MARKERS - biological substances produced by the tumor cells themselves, and healthy tissues under the influence of a malignant process.

UREA – breakdown product of purines

"AVERAGE PORTION" URINE – a portion of urine collected in the middle of urination

PCV – the ratio of the volume of blood cell counts to its total volume

HEMOGLOBIN – the red dye of blood

HYPERGLYCAEMIA – high blood sugar

HYPOGLYCAEMIA – low blood sugar

HEMATOCRIT – lipoic, fat like substance, whose high values in blood condition the risk of atherosclerosis

Literature:

1. “Guide of laboratory tests” under the edition of Dr. A. Zhitarska,
2. “Fundamentals of clinical laboratory diagnostics“ of Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pateva