Pancytopenia is a term that means:

a. Decrease in red cells, white cells, and platelets
b. Increase in red and white cells
c. Decrease in any two blood cell lines
d. Increase in white cells and platelets

ANS: A
A decrease in all the blood cells (i.e. red cells, white cells, and platelets) is called pancytopenia.

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