Chapter 3: Clinical Pathology: Hematology

Question 1

Hematology
(p)

Answer 1

/hee-muh-TAA-luh-gee/

Question 2

Buffy-coat
(d)

Answer 2

Capa leucocitaria

Question 3

MCV
(d)

Answer 3

1. Mean Cell Volume / Mean Corpuscular Volume
2. Mean cell volume, also called mean corpuscular volume (MCV), is a measure of the average volume of a red blood cell

Question 4

MCH
(d)

Answer 4

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
/kor-PUH-skyoo-ler/

Question 5

RDW
(d)

Answer 5

Red cell Distribution Width

Question 6

Platelet
(d)

Answer 6

Plaqueta

Question 7

Feathered edge
(d)

Answer 7

1. Visibly not solid edge, faded or blurred look

Question 8

Reticulocyte
(p)

Answer 8

/ruh-TIH-kyuh-low-site/

Question 9

Spicules
(d)(p)

Answer 9

Espículas
/SPI-kyoolz/

Question 10

Blunt
(d)

Answer 10

Not sharp.
Sin filo.

Question 11

Envenomation
(d)(p)

Answer 11

Envenenamiento
/en-veno-MAY-shun/

Question 12

Spherocytes
(d)

Answer 12

Esferocitos: eritrocitos esféricos sin un área de palidez central.

Question 13

Pallor
(d)

Answer 13

Palidez

Question 14

Codocytes
(d)

Answer 14

Dianocito (codocito, leptocito o célula en diana)

Question 15

Polychromasia
(p)

Answer 15

/paw-lee-kruh-MAY-zhuh/

Question 16

Stippling
(d)

Answer 16

Punteado

Question 17

Spleen
(d)

Answer 17

Bazo

Question 18

Myelodysplasia
(p)

Answer 18

/my-uh-low-dis-PLAY-zhuh/

Question 19

Heme
(p) (d)

Answer 19

/HEEM/
1. Spanish word: hemo
2. an iron-containing compound of the porphyrin class which forms the nonprotein part of hemoglobin and some other biological molecules.

Question 20

Horseshoe
(d)

Answer 20

Herradura

Question 21

Indented
(d)

Answer 21

Sangrado
1. dented or inward appearance in shape
Example sentence: Nucleus may be indented, giving it a bean-appearance

Question 22

Rod
(d)

Answer 22

Vara

Question 23

Bone marrow
(d)

Answer 23

Médula ósea

Question 24

MCHC
(d)

Answer 24

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration

Question 25

Schistocytes
(p)

Answer 25

/SHIs-tow-sites/

Question 26

Signet
(d)

Answer 26

Sello

Question 27

Erythropoietin
(p)

Answer 27

/eh-rih-thruh-POY-tin/

Question 28

Locoweed
(d)

Answer 28

A plant of the pea family that can cause a brain disorder if eaten by livestock, the symptoms of which include unpredictable behavior and loss of coordination

Question 29

ACTH
(d)

Answer 29

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 30

Shift
(d)

Answer 30

Movimiento, desplazamiento
(pp. 27)

Question 31

FeLV
(d)

Answer 31

Feline Leukemia Virus
/loo-KEE-mee-uh/

Question 32

Stem cells
(d)

Answer 32

Célula madre

Question 33

Coarse [chromatin]*
(d)

Answer 33

1. Grueso, gruesa
2. Pathologists use the microscopic look of the chromatin to help them understand a cell’s behavior. Chromatin in abnormal or even cancerous cells is often described as ‘clumpy’, ‘coarse’, or ‘vesicular’

Question 34

Azurophilic
(p)

Answer 34

/aa-zyer-uh-FILL-ick/
(ash-llur)
(aa-shur)

Question 35

M:E ratio
(d)

Answer 35

Myeloid-erythroid ratio
/MY-uh-loyd err-ih-THROID RAY-shee-ow/

Question 36

Macrophages
(p)

Answer 36

/MAA-krow-fay-jiz/