11.5 disorders of blood cells

Question 1

agglutinate

Answer 1

stick together to form clumps

Question 2

anemia

Answer 2

decreased number of red blood cells

Question 3

anemic

Answer 3

pertaining to or suffering from anemia

Question 4

aplastic anemia

Answer 4

condition in which the bone marrow is unable to produce sufficient red cells, white cells, and platelets.

Question 5

hemoglobinopathy

Answer 5

disease caused by the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin in red blood cells

Question 6

hemolysis

Answer 6

destruction of red blood cells so that hemoglobin is liberated

Question 7

hemolytic

Answer 7

pertaining to the process of destruction of red blood cells

Question 8

hypochromic

Answer 8

pale in color, as in RBCs when hemoglobin is deficient

Question 9

hypoxia

Answer 9

below normal levels of oxygen in tissues, gases, or blood.

Question 10

hypoxic

Answer 10

deficient in oxygen

Question 11

incompatible

Answer 11

substances that interfere with each other physiologically

Question 12

macrocyte

Answer 12

large red blood cell

Question 13

macrocytic

Answer 13

pertaining to macrocytes

Question 14

microcytic

Answer 14

pertaining to a small cell

Question 15

pallor

Answer 15

paleness of the skin or a red blood cell

Question 16

pernicisous anemia (PA)

Answer 16

chronic anemia due to lack of vitamin B12

Question 17

poikilocytic

Answer 17

pertaining to an irregular-shaped red blood cell

Question 18

poikilocytosis

Answer 18

a condition of irregular-shaped red blood cell

Question 19

polycythemia vera

Answer 19

chronic disease with bone marrow hyperplasia and increase in number of red blood cells and in blood volume

Question 20

spherocyte

Answer 20

a spherical cell

Question 21

spherocytosis

Answer 21

presence of spherocytes in blood

Question 22

thalassemia

Answer 22

group of inherited blood disorders that produce a hemolytic anemia and occur in people living around the mediterranean sea

Question 23

basophilia

Answer 23

condition of increased basophil cells

Question 24

eosinophilia

Answer 24

condition of increased eosinophil cells

Question 25

leukemia

Answer 25

disease when the blood is taken over by white blood cells and their precursors

Question 26

leukemic

Answer 26

pertaining to or affected by leukemia

Question 27

leukopenia

Answer 27

a deficient number of white blood cells

Question 28

leukocytosis

Answer 28

an excessive number of white blood cells

Question 29

lymphocytopenia

Answer 29

condition of decreased lymphocyts in the blood

Question 30

lymphocytosis

Answer 30

condition of increased lymphocytes in the blood

Question 31

lymphoid

Answer 31

resembling lymphatic tissue

Question 32

lymphoid leukemia

Answer 32

malignant disease marked by an uncontrolled production of lymphocytes

Question 33

monocytes

Answer 33

increased number of monocytes in the blood

Question 34

monocytopenia

Answer 34

decreased number of monocytes in the blood

Question 35

mononucleosis

Answer 35

presence of large numbers of mononuclear leukocytes

Question 36

myeloid

Answer 36

resembling cells derived from bone marrow

Question 37

myeloid leukemia

Answer 37

leukemia that begins with cells in the bone marrow and moves into the blood

Question 38

neutrophilia

Answer 38

an excess number of neutrophils

Question 39

neutropenia

Answer 39

a deficiency of neutrophils

Question 40

pancytopenia

Answer 40

deficiency of all types of blood cells

Question 41

precursor

Answer 41

cell or substance formed earlier in the development of the cell or substance

Question 42

stem cell

Answer 42

undifferentiated cell found in a differentiated tissue that can divide to yield that specialize in that tissue

Question 43

coagulopathy

Answer 43

disorder of blood clotting

Question 44

disseminate

Answer 44

widely scatter throughout the body or an organ

Question 45

embolus

Answer 45

detached piece of thrombus, a mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that blocks a blood vessel

Question 46

extravasate

Answer 46

to ooze out from a vessel into the tissues

Question 47

hematoma

Answer 47

collection of blood that has escaped from the blood vessels into the tissue

Question 48

hemophilia

Answer 48

an inherited disease from a deficiency of clotting factor VIII

Question 49

petechia

Answer 49

pinpoint capillary hemorrhagic spot in the skin

Question 50

purpura

Answer 50

skin hemorrhages that are red initially and then turn purple

Question 51

thrombocytopenia

Answer 51

deficiency of platelets in circulating blood