Blood smear, the Glossary
A blood smear, peripheral blood smear or blood film is a thin layer of blood smeared on a glass microscope slide and then stained in such a way as to allow the various blood cells to be examined microscopically.[1]
Table of Contents
42 relations: Acute leukemia, Affinity chromatography, Anemia, Anticoagulant, Apicomplexa, Automated analyser, Babesiosis, Blood, Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Citric acid, Complete blood count, Diff-Quik, Eosinophilia, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Filariasis, Fixation (histology), Giemsa stain, Hematology, Hematopathology, Heparin, Iron-deficiency anemia, Malaria, Malaria antigen detection tests, Megaloblastic anemia, Methanol, Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, Microscope slide, Neutrophilia, PH, Platelet, Precursor cell, Red blood cell, Romanowsky stain, Schüffner's dots, Sepsis, Sickle cell disease, Staining, Sydney Price James, Toxic granulation, White blood cell, White blood cell differential, Wright's stain.
Acute leukemia
Acute leukemia or acute leukaemia is a family of serious medical conditions relating to an original diagnosis of leukemia.
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Affinity chromatography
Affinity chromatography is a method of separating a biomolecule from a mixture, based on a highly specific macromolecular binding interaction between the biomolecule and another substance.
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Anemia
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.
Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. Blood smear and anticoagulant are blood tests.
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Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia; single: apicomplexan) are organisms of a large phylum of mainly parasitic alveolates.
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Automated analyser
An automated analyser is a medical laboratory instrument designed to measure various substances and other characteristics in a number of biological samples quickly, with minimal human assistance.
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Babesiosis
Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a Babesia or Theileria, in the phylum Apicomplexa.
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Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells.
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Citric acid
Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
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Complete blood count
A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood. Blood smear and complete blood count are blood tests.
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Diff-Quik
Diff-Quik is a commercial Romanowsky stain variant used to rapidly stain and differentiate a variety of pathology specimens.
Eosinophilia
Eosinophilia is a condition in which the eosinophil count in the peripheral blood exceeds.
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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), also called EDTA acid after its own abbreviation, is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula 2.
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Filariasis
Filariasis, is a filarial infection caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) spread by different vectors.
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Fixation (histology)
In the fields of histology, pathology, and cell biology, fixation is the preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction. Blood smear and fixation (histology) are pathology.
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Giemsa stain
Giemsa stain, named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites.
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Hematology
Hematology (always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
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Hematopathology
Hematopathology or hemopathology (both also spelled haem-, see spelling differences) is the study of diseases and disorders affecting and found in blood cells, their production, and any organs and tissues involved in hematopoiesis, such as bone marrow, the spleen, and the thymus.
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Heparin
Heparin, also known as unfractionated heparin (UFH), is a medication and naturally occurring glycosaminoglycan.
Iron-deficiency anemia
Iron-deficiency anemia is anemia caused by a lack of iron.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Malaria antigen detection tests
Malaria antigen detection tests are a group of commercially available rapid diagnostic tests of the rapid antigen test type that allow quick diagnosis of malaria by people who are not otherwise skilled in traditional laboratory techniques for diagnosing malaria or in situations where such equipment is not available. Blood smear and malaria antigen detection tests are blood tests.
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Megaloblastic anemia
Megaloblastic anemia is a type of macrocytic anemia.
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Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) is a microangiopathic subgroup of hemolytic anemia (loss of red blood cells through destruction) caused by factors in the small blood vessels.
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Microscope slide
A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope.
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Neutrophilia
Neutrophilia (also called neutrophil leukocytosis or occasionally neutrocytosis) is leukocytosis of neutrophils, that is, a high number of neutrophils in the blood.
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PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
Platelet
Platelets or thrombocytes are a blood component whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.
Precursor cell
In cell biology, precursor cells—also called blast cells—are partially differentiated, or intermediate, and are sometimes referred to as progenitor cells.
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Red blood cell
Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes (with -cyte translated as 'cell' in modern usage) in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.
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Romanowsky stain
Romanowsky staining is a prototypical staining technique that was the forerunner of several distinct but similar stains widely used in hematology (the study of blood) and cytopathology (the study of diseased cells).
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Schüffner's dots
Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, exclusively found in infections caused by Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax.
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Sepsis
Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.
Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited.
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Staining
Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in samples, generally at the microscopic level.
Sydney Price James
Lieutenant Colonel Sydney Price James (17 September 1870 – 17 April 1946) was a British physician, parasitologist, and malariologist who served in the Indian Medical Service.
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Toxic granulation
Toxic granulation refers to dark coarse granules found in granulocytes, particularly neutrophils, in patients with inflammatory conditions.
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White blood cell
White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
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White blood cell differential
A white blood cell differential is a medical laboratory test that provides information about the types and amounts of white blood cells in a person's blood. Blood smear and white blood cell differential are blood tests.
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Wright's stain
Wright's stain is a hematologic stain that facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_smear
Also known as Blood film, Blood films, Blood slide, Peripheral blood smear, Peripheral smear, Thick smear, Thin blood smear.