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athrocyte Cytology.|ˈæθrəʊsaɪt|
[f. Gr. ἀθρόος crowded, collected + -cyte.]
A cell having the property of absorbing and retaining solid particles. Hence athroˈcytic a.; ˌathrocyˈtosis, the capacity for such absorption.
1938Chem. Abstr. 2631 The athrocytic function among the Hirudinea... Athrocytic cells (athrocytes) are found in renal or celomic organs, and serve to maintain the constancy of compn. of the interior fluids of the animal... Athrocytosis is the absorption by living cells of submicroscopic electroneg. particles. 1948Lancet 24 July 150/2 In blackwater fever..some emphasise the pigment and athrocytic aspect. 1951G. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) xi. 481 The proximal convoluted tubules have the capacity for storing vital dyes and other particulate matter (athrocytosis). |