spherocyte

[ sfîr′ə-sīt′, sfĕr′- ]

n.

A small spherical red blood cell, characteristic of hereditary spherocytosis and of certain hemolytic anemias.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Other words from spherocyte

spher′o•cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) adj.

Words nearby spherocyte

spherical triangle, spherical trigonometry, sphericity, spherics, sphero-, spherocyte, spherocytic anemia, spherocytosis, spheroid, spheroidal, spheroidicity
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.