Which of the following terms means clotting cell?

A) erythrocyte
B) leukocyte
C) granulocyte
D) thrombocyte


D) thrombocyte
Thromb/o means clot and -cyte means cell, so thrombocyte means clotting cell.
Erythr/o means red; therefore, erythrocyte means red cell. Leuk/o means white; hence, leukocyte
means white cell. Granul/o means granules; thus, granulocyte means granular cell.

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