A cancer of bone marrow, the blood-forming tissue in bone, is:
A) leukemia
B) Hodgkin's disease
C) erythropenia
D) lymphoma
A
Explanation: The other options are eliminated, as erythr/o/penia means "decreased red blood cells." Lymph/oma is tumor of the lymphatic tissues, and Hodgkin's disease is a malignant type.
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