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Hematology
The science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blood-producing organs.
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Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (mch)
Health care; Hematology
The average amount of haemoglobin in the red blood cell.
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (mhc)
Health care; Hematology
The average percent haemoglobin saturation in the red blood cell.
Maturation factor
Health care; Hematology
A substance that will cause cells to ripen and care to maturity.
Lymphocytosis
Health care; Hematology
A relative or absolute increase in the number of circulating lymphocytes.
Sickle cell anaemia
Health care; Hematology
This is a hereditary and familial form of chronic, hemolytic anaemia essentially peculiar to Negroes. It is characterised clinically by symptoms of anemia, joint pains, leg ulcers, acute attacks of ...
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A term used to designate that condition in which the immature forms of the neutrophils are increased above their normal number.
