Labs and diagnostics

Grams per deciliter: a unit for the amount of a substance in one-tenth of a liter of blood.

An enzyme found mostly in the liver and bile ducts, measured in a blood test.

The first step in making urine, when the kidneys' tiny filters let water and small substances pass out of the blood.

How much blood the kidneys filter each minute, used as the main measure of kidney function.

A simple sugar that is the body's main source of energy.

A pregnancy screening test that measures blood glucose 1 hour after drinking a sweet glucose drink.

In cancer, describing how abnormal the tumor's cells look under the microscope, from well differentiated (G1) to undifferentiated (G4).

A lab staining method that sorts bacteria into two groups by the color they turn under the microscope.

Describes bacteria that stain pink or red with the Gram stain because of the way their cell wall is built.

Describes bacteria that stain purple with the Gram stain because of their thick cell wall.

A swab test in late pregnancy that checks the vagina and rectum for group B streptococcus bacteria.