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What Does My Lab Test Reports Indicate?

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Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2015
Question: What does "Milld hypochromasia microcytosis anisopoikilocytosis with ovalocytes" means
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Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (54 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
This is related to the Red blood cells.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit small and specific.

I would try my best to explain for the points you have asked the query for:
All these terminologies are related to the Red Blood Cells (RBC).

Milld Hypochromasia means less than normal coloration.
Hypo means less and chromasia means color. In this condition the color/redness of the RBCs are paler than the usual color

Microcytosis: micro means smaller. Microcytosis mean the size of the cells (RBC in this case) are smaller than the normal.

Anisopoikilocytosis - This is a typical term that is used when the RBCs present are not of uniform sizes and hence the microscopic field shows RBCs of varied sizes.

Ovalocytes" meas oval shaped. RBCs are normally of round shaped.

I hope this answers your query.
please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need or if you feel that there is a gap-of-communication.

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What Does My Lab Test Reports Indicate?

Brief Answer: This is related to the Red blood cells. Detailed Answer: Hi. Thanks for your query, albeit small and specific. I would try my best to explain for the points you have asked the query for: All these terminologies are related to the Red Blood Cells (RBC). Milld Hypochromasia means less than normal coloration. Hypo means less and chromasia means color. In this condition the color/redness of the RBCs are paler than the usual color Microcytosis: micro means smaller. Microcytosis mean the size of the cells (RBC in this case) are smaller than the normal. Anisopoikilocytosis - This is a typical term that is used when the RBCs present are not of uniform sizes and hence the microscopic field shows RBCs of varied sizes. Ovalocytes" meas oval shaped. RBCs are normally of round shaped. I hope this answers your query. please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need or if you feel that there is a gap-of-communication.