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spherocyte

[ sfîr′ə-sīt′, sfĕr′- ]

n.

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

Nearby words

  1. spherical trigonometry,
  2. spherically,
  3. sphericity,
  4. spherics,
  5. sphero-,
  6. spherocytic anemia,
  7. spherocytosis,
  8. spheroid,
  9. spheroidal,
  10. spheroidicity
Related formsspher′o•cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) adj.
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