A complete blood cell count that reveals an unusually high number of WBCs might indicate ____________.

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An unusually high number of WBCs is known as leukocytosis and is a common feature of leukemia, a malignant disorder of the blood and bone marrow characterized by the overproduction of abnormal WBCs. Thrombocytopenia is a decrease in platelets, not WBCs. Mononucleosis and polycythemia are conditions that may or may not involve an increase in WBCs.

A Complete Blood Cell Count That Reveals an Unusually High