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basopil
WBC with dork staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes
hypochromic
pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in RBC)
anticoagulant
a substance that works against coagulation (blood clotting)
coagulopathy
disease of the clotting process
cytology
the study of cells
eosinophil
WBC with large dark staining granules that have an affinity for acid dyes. granules turn red (eosin)in the presence of dye
erythrocyopenia
deficiency of RBC
granulocyte
WBC with large, dark staining granules in its cytoplasm
hemolysis
destruction of blood cells
hematocrit
seperation of blood; percentage of RBC in a given volume of blood
hemoglobinopathy
disease of abnormal hemoglobins (sickle cell anemia, thalassemia)
anisocytosis
abnormal condition of unequal size of cells (erythrocytes)
megakaryocyte
cell with multiple large nuclei. immature platelet
leukocytopenia
deficiency of WBC
monocyte
WBC with one large nucleus; an agranulocyte and phagocyte
morphology
study of shape or form (of blood cells)
myeoblast
bone marrow cell that develops into a myelocyte and then a leukocyte
myelogenous
pertaining to formed in the bone marrow
neutropenia
deficiency in neutrophils
mononuclear
pertaining to WBC with one large nucleus (monocyte or lymphocyte)
polymorphonuclear
pertaing to a WBC with a multilobed nucleus (neutrophil)
phagocyte
cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms
poikilocytosis
irregularity in the shape of RBC
sideropenia
deficiency in iron in serum
spherocytosis
abnormal condition in which erythrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shaper
thrombocytopenia
deficiency of clotting cells
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michalla
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50056
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chabner ch 12
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Updated
2010-11-17T02:32:14Z
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