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Hematology - Ayana Robinson

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Ameboid movement Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselvesfrom the capillaries into the tissue.
Anemia A condition in which thereis a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood.
Anisocytosis Avariation in the size of redbloos cellls.
Anticoagulant A substance that inhibits blood clotting.
Bilirubin An orange-colored bile pigment produce by the breakdown of heme from the hemogolbin molecule.
Diapedesis The ameboid movement of blood cells(especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissue.
Hematology The study of blood and bloo-forming tissue.
Hemoglobin The protein- and iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body.
Hemolysis The breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma.
Hypochromic A red blood cell with a decrease concentration of hemoglobin.
Leukocytosis An abnormal increase in the number of whie blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood).
Leukopenia An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 45 percubic millimeter of blood).
Microcytic An abnormally small red blood cell.
Macrocytic An abnormally large blood cell.
Normochromic A red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin.
Normocytic A normal-sized red blood cell.
Oxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen.
Phagocytosis The engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cellscalled Phagocytes.
Polycythemia A disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass.
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