Blood Clinical Terms

Question 1

Polycythemia involving red blood cells only

Answer 1

Erythrocytosis

Question 2

Study of blood and its disorders

Answer 2

Hematology

Question 3

Presence of red blood cells in the urine

Answer 3

Hematuria

Question 4

Transplantation of bone marrow from one individual to another to replace bone marrow destroyed during cancer therapy

Answer 4

Heterologous marrow transplant

Question 5

Low tissue oxygen levels

Answer 5

Hypoxia

Question 6

Condition characterized by yellow skin and eyes, resulting from abnormally high levels of bilirubin in the plasma

Answer 6

Jaundice

Question 7

Cancer of blood forming tissues characterized by extremely elevated levels of circulating white blood cells

Answer 7

Leukemia

Question 8

Inadequate numbers of white blood cells in the bloodstream

Answer 8

Leukopenia

Question 9

Having a normal blood volume

Answer 9

Normovolemic

Question 10

Process of withdrawing blood from a vein

Answer 10

Phlebotomy

Question 11

Elevated hematocrit accompanied by a normal blood volume

Answer 11

Polycythemia

Question 12

Dangerous condition in which bacteria and bacterial toxins are distributed throughout the body in the blood stream

Answer 12

Septicemia

Question 13

Anemia resulting from the production of an abnormal form of hemoglobin; causes red blood cells to become sickle shaped at low oxygen levels

Answer 13

Sickle cell anemia

Question 14

Inherited blood disorder resulting from the production of an abnormal form of hemoglobin

Answer 14

Thalassemia

Question 15

Condition in which the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is reduced due to low hematocrit or low blood hemoglobin concentrations

Answer 15

Anemia