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Blood Transfusion Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Blood Transfusion article.

Acute: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Allergic reaction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Anemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Anemic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Anxiety: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Apheresis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Autologous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Back pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood bank: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood count: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood group: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood transfusion: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Brain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breathing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Calcium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carbon dioxide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cell: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chills: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cholesterol: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Contraction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diarrhea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Donor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Elective: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Elective surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fever: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Graft-versus-host disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

GVHD: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart rate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemoglobin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemolytic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemophilia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hepatitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hepatitis B: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hepatitis C: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HIV: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune system: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Incidence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Iron: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Iron overload: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Itching: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Kidney: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liver: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liver disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Low blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Molecule: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nausea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

NHLBI: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nurse: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Operation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Oxygen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Plasma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Potassium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulse: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rash: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Recipient: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Red blood cell: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Red blood cells: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shortness of breath: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sodium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stomach: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Thalassemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Thrombocytopenia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Transfusion: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

vCJD: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Virus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viruses: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vital: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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