Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

siderocyte

American

[sid-er-uh-sahyt] / ˈsɪd ər əˌsaɪt /

noun

Anatomy.

an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.

Etymology

Origin of siderocyte

sidero- ¹ + -cyte

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.