Which of the following terms means too few red (cells)?

A) leukocytosis
B) erythrocytosis
C) hematocytosis
D) erythropenia


D) erythropenia
Erythr/o means red and -penia means too few; therefore, erythropenia means too
few red (cells). Leuk/o means white and -cytosis means more than the normal number of cells;
thus, leukocytosis means too many white cells. Erythrocytosis means too many red cells.
Hematocytosis is not a medical term; if it were, it would mean too many blood cells.

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