Which of the following terms means too many white cells?
A) pancytopenia
B) leukocytosis
C) hematocytosis
D) leukocytopenia
B) leukocytosis
Leuk/o means white and -cytosis means more than the normal number of cells;
therefore, leukocytosis means too many white cells. Pan- means all, cyt/o means cell, and -penia
means too few; thus, pancytopenia means too few of all cells. Hematocytosis is not a medical
term, but would mean too many blood cells. Leukocytopenia means too few white cells.
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