Blood and Lymphatic System Terms
Blood cells, bone marrow, lymph nodes, clotting, and related conditions. Browse definitions and meanings below.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of lymphoma.
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The immune system destroying its own platelets, leaving blood that clots poorly and skin that marks at the lightest knock.
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A radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that is used to detect certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the detection of other types of B-cell tumors.
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A type of metastasis in which skin cancer spreads through a lymph vessel and begins to grow more than 2 centimeters away from the primary tumor but before it reaches the nearest lymph node.
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A type of lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, and has few symptoms.
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A technique in which abnormal tissue is exposed to a burst of infrared light (a type of radiation).
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The short-range chemical messages that immune cells send one another in order to coordinate a response.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.