Chapter 13: Vocabulary Flashcards
Basophil
Whit blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes
Hypochromic
Pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells)
Anticoagulant
A substance that works against coagulation
Coagulopathy
Disease of the clotting process
Cytology
Study of cells
Eosinophil
White blood cell with dark-staining granules in its cytoplasm
Erythroblast
Immature red blood cell
Granulocyte
White blood cell with large, dark-staining granules in its cytoplasm
Hemolysis
Destruction of blood cells
Hematocrit
Separation of blood; percentage of red blood cells in a given volume of blood
Hemoglobinopathy
Disease of abnormal hemoglobins (sickle cell anemia, thalassemia)
Anisocytosis
Abnormal condition of unequal size of cells
Megakaryocyte
Cell with multiple large nuclei; immature platelet
Leukocytopenia
Deficiency of white blood cells
Monocyte
White loos cell wit hone large nucleus; an a granulocyte and phagocyte
Morphology
Study of shape or form (or blod cells)
Myeloblast
Bone marrow cell that develops into a myolocyte and then a leukocyte
Myelodysplasia
Abnormal development of bone marrow cells; preleukemic condition
Neutropenia
Deficiency in neutrophils
Polymorphonuclear
Pertaining to a white blood cell with a multi lobed nucleus (neutrophil)
Phagocyte
Cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms
Poikilocytosis
Irregularity in the shape of red blood cells
Sideropenia
Deficiency in iron in serum
Spherocytosis
Condition (abnormal) in which erythrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shape.
Thrombocytopenia
Deficiency of clotting cells
