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Bonewit #18
Hematology
Question | Answer |
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leukocytosis | an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood) |
leukopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood) |
macrocytic | an abnormally large red blood cell |
microcytic | an abnormally large red blood cell |
normochromic | a red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoblogin |
normocytic | a normal sized red blood cell |
oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
phagocytosis | the engulfing & destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells call phagocytes |
polycythemia | a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass |