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siderocyte Med.|ˈsɪdərəʊsaɪt|
[f. sidero-1 + -cyte.]
An erythrocyte containing one or more granules of non-hæmoglobin iron.
1941H. Grüneberg in Nature 26 July 114/2 The ‘iron cells’ or ‘siderocytes’ do not stain diffusely, but show blue granules which vary in number from one to a dozen or more and in size from fairly large blobs down to the finest dust-like stipples. 1944Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood (ed. 4) ii. 36 In some conditions, especially after splenectomy, iron granules may be found in red cells by the prussian blue reaction. The significance of these so-called siderocytes..is unknown. 1966[see Pappenheimer]. 1977Blood L. 165 The excessive non⁓heme iron accumulated in f/f fetal siderocytes is located within mitochondria.
Hence sideroˈcytic a., of, pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of siderocytes.
1957Blood XII. 168 Neither red cells nor inclusion bodies were lost when siderocytic blood was transfused into a recipient without a spleen. |