alleryStart learning →Too many platelets in the circulation is called what?
AThrombocytosis
BThrombocytopenia
CThrombophilia
DThrombolysis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Thrombocytosis
1. Thrombocytosis is the condition in which there are too many platelets.
2. It may trigger the formation of unwanted blood clots, a state called thrombosis.
3. Thrombocytopenia is the mirror condition, too few platelets, giving a failure to clot and excessive bleeding.
4. The two words differ only in the ending, so the suffix has to be read carefully: penia for lack, osis for excess.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 18 "The Cardiovascular System: Blood", section 18.4 Leukocytes and Platelets_
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