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| Chronic, disabling diseas in which the body produces antibodies against its own tissues, examples are rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus. |
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| Protein ( antibody produced by plasma cells) that acts to protect the body by destroying antigens. |
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| Suppression ( stopping) of the immune response. |
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| Formation of lymph tissue. |
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| Swelling of tissue due to accumulation of lymph fluid in intercellular spaces. |
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| Deficiency of lymphocytes in the blood. |
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| Abnormal condition of increase in lymphocytes. |
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| Derived from lymph tissue. |
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| Disease of lymph glands (nodes). |
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| Infflation of lymph glands (nodes). |
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| Enlargement of the spleen. |
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| Absence of the spleen. This condition may be congenital or resulf from surgical removal. |
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| A syndrome marked by splenomegaly (associated with anemia, Leukopenia, & Thrombocyteopenia). |
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| Tumor (malignant) of the thymus gland. |
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| Removal of the thymus gland. |
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| An exaggerated hypersensitivity reacton to foreign proteins. |
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| Pertaing to fluid that lies between body cells & eventually becomes lymph fluid. |
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