acanthocyte

[ uh-kan-thuh-sahyt ]

nounPathology.
  1. an abnormal red blood cell having spiny projections, found in the blood of persons with abetalipoproteinemia and certain malabsorption disorders.

Origin of acanthocyte

1
First recorded in 1980–85; acantho- + -cyte

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