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
shift to the left
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
shift to the right
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.)