Term Section

Question 1

basophil

Answer 1

White blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes.

Question 2

hypochromic

Answer 2

Pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells).

Question 3

anticoagulant

Answer 3

A substance that works against coagulation (blood clotting).

Question 4

coagulopathy

Answer 4

Disease of the clotting process.

Question 5

cytology

Answer 5

Study of cells.

Question 6

eosinophil

Answer 6

White blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for acid dyes; granules turn red (eosin. in the presence of dye).

Question 7

erythroblast

Answer 7

Immature red blood cell.

Question 8

granulocyte

Answer 8

White blood cell with large, dark-staining granules in its cytoplasm.

Question 9

hemolysis

Answer 9

Destruction of blood cells.

Question 10

hematocrit

Answer 10

Separation of blood; percentage of red blood cells in a given volume of blood.

Question 11

hemoglobinopathy

Answer 11

Disease of abnormal hemoglobins (sickle cell anemia, thalasssemia).

Question 12

anisocytosis

Answer 12

Abnormal condition of unequal size of cells (erythrocytes).

Question 13

megakaryocyte

Answer 13

Cell with multiple large nuclei; immature platelet.

Question 14

leukocytopenia

Answer 14

Deficiency of white blood cells.

Question 15

monocyte

Answer 15

White blood cell with one large nucleus; an agranulocyte and phagocyte.

Question 16

morphology

Answer 16

Study of shape or form (of blood cells).

Question 17

myeloblast

Answer 17

Bone marrow cell that develops into a myelocyte and then a leukocyte.

Question 18

myelodysplasia

Answer 18

Abnormal development of bone marrow cells; preleukemic condition.

Question 19

neutropenia

Answer 19

Deficiency in neutrophils.

Question 20

polymorphonuclear

Answer 20

Pertaining to a white blood cell with a multilobed nucleus (neutrophil).

Question 21

phagocyte

Answer 21

Cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms.

Question 22

poikilocytosis

Answer 22

Irregularity in the shape of red blood cells.

Question 23

sideropenia

Answer 23

Deficiency in iron in serum.

Question 24

spherocytosis

Answer 24

Condition (abnormal) in which erythrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shape.

Question 25

thrombocytopenia

Answer 25

Deficiency of clotting cells.