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azurophilic - a term used to describe the reddish-purple staining characteristics of certain cells or cell structures; having an affinity for azureyes band- cell an immature granulocyte with a nonsegmented nucleus; a “stab cell” basophil- a white blood cell containing basophilic-staining granules in the cytoplasm basophilic- blue in color; having affinity for the basic stain eosinophil- a white blood cell containing eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm erythrocyte- red blood cell; RBC leukocyte- white blood cell; WBC lymphocyte- a small basophilic-staining white blood cell having a round or oval nucleus and playing a vital role in the immune process megakaryocyte- a large bone marrow cell from which platelets are derived monocyte- a large white blood cell usually having a convoluted or horseshoe-shaped nucleus neutrophil- a white blood cell containing neutral-staining cytoplasmic granules and a segmented nucleus; also called polymorphonuclear cell (PMN), poly, or seg platelet- a formed element in circulating blood that plays an important role in blood coagulation; a small diskshaped fragment of cytoplasm derived from a megakaryocyte; a thrombocyte red blood cell (RBC)- blood cell that transports oxygen (O2) to tissues and carbon dioxide (CO2) to the lungs; erythrocyte vacuole - a membrane-bound compartment in cell cytoplasm white blood cell (WBC)- blood cell that functions in immunity; leukocyte anisocytosis- marked variation in the sizes of erythrocytes atypical lymphocyte- lymphocyte that occurs in response to viral infections and that is common in infectious mononucleosis; reactive lymphocyte differential count- a determination of the relative numbers of each type of white blood cell when a specified number (usually 100) is counted; white blood cell differential count; leukocyte differential count hypochromic- having reduced color or hemoglobin content macrocytic- having a larger-than-normal cell size microcytic- having a smaller-than-normal cell size normochromic- having normal color normocytic- having a normal cell size phagocytosis- the engulfing of a foreign particle or cell by another cell poikilocytosis- significant variation in the shape of red blood cells reactive lymphocyte- see atypical lymphocyte mean cell hemoglobin (MCH)- average red blood cell hemoglobin expressed in picograms (pg); mean corpuscular hemoglobin mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)- comparison of the weight of hemoglobin in a red blood cell to the size of the red blood cell, expressed in percentage or grams per deciliter (g/dL); mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration mean cell volume (MCV)- average red blood cell volume in a blood sample, expressed in femtoliters (fL) or cubic microns (μ3); mean corpuscular volume red blood cell indices- calculated values that compare the size and hemoglobin content of red blood cells in a blood sample to reference values; erythrocyte indices basophilia- abnormal increase in the number of basophils in the blood; basophilic leukocytosis; also, the affinity of cellular structures for basophilic dyes basophilic stippling- remnants of RNA and other basophilic nuclear material remaining inside the red blood cell after the nucleus is lost from the cell; small purple granules in red blood cells stained with Wright’s stain blast cell- an immature blood cell normally found only in the bone marrow codocyte- target cell crenated cell- a shrunken red blood cell with scalloped or toothed margins drepanocyte- sickle cell elliptocyte- elongated, cigar-shaped red blood cell eosinophilia- abnormal increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood folic acid- a member of the B vitamin complex Howell-Jolly body- nuclear remnant remaining in red blood cells after the nucleus is lost and commonly seen in pernicious anemia and hemolytic anemias Keratocyte- a red blood cell deformed by mechanical trauma Leukemia- a cancer of white blood cells characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells and their precursors in bone marrow, tissue, and peripheral blood Neutrophilia- abnormal increase in the number of neutrophils in the blood nucleated red blood cell (NRBC)- an immature red blood cell that has not yet lost its nucleus red blood cell indices- calculated values that compare the size and hemoglobin content of red blood cells in a blood sample to reference values; erythrocyte indices schizocyte- a fragmented red blood cell; formerly called schistocyte shift to the left- the appearance of an increased number of immature neutrophil forms in the peripheral blood sickle cell- crescent- or sickle-shaped red cell; drepanocyte sickle cell disease- inherited blood disorder in which red blood cells can form a sickle shape because of the presence of hemoglobin S stomatocyte- red blood cell with an elongated, mouth-shaped central area of pallor target cell- abnormal red blood cell with target appearance; codocyte thalassemia- a genetic disorder involving underproduction of the globin chains of hemoglobin and resulting in anemia vitamin B12- a vitamin essential to the proper maturation of blood cells and other cells in the body This project was funded at $3,000,000 (100% of its total cost) from a grant awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. 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