White Blood Cell terms

granulocytopenia

reduced number of granulocytes in the blood.

phagocytes

"a cell that eats" - a leukocyte that ingests foreign material.

leukocytopenia

"means leukopenia" deficiency of white blood cells

dohle bodies

bluish cytoplasmic inclusion of netrophils made up of retained aggregates of rough endoplasmic reticulum, evidence of mind toxic change in the neutrophil.

eosinophilia

Increase in numbers of eosinophils in the bloodstream.

granulocytosis

Increased numbers of granulocytes in the blood.

neutropenia

deficiency in the number of neutrophils in the blood.

leukopenia

deficiency of white blood cells; sometimes called leukoctopenia.

basophilic stippling

distinct/diffuse, fine to coarse, dark granular pattern in erythrocytes, representing aggregated ribosomes and caused by ineffective heme formation.

leukemia

elevation in the number of malignant WBC.

leukocytosis

elevation in the white blood cells.

basophil

granulocytic leukocye that promotes inflammatory response and contains histamines in its cytoplasmis granules.

eosinophil

granulocytic leukocyte that detoxifies allergens and controls parasitic infections by damaging parasite membranes.

neutrophil

granulocytic leukocyte that has a phagocytic function (mainly against bacteria.)

polymorphonuclear

having a nucleus so deeply divided as to apear to be multiple

monocytosis

increase in the number of monocytes in the blood

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A term used to describe an increase in immature neutrophils in the blood.

leukocyte

A white blood cell

lymphocytosis

an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood

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an alteration in the distrubution of leukocyes in the perpheral blood in which there is an increased of mature neutrophils but no immature cells are present.

monocyte

a granulocytic leukocyte that has a phagocytic function and participates in the inflammatory response.

macrophage

a large cell that destroys by eating (engulfing.)