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spherocyte Med.|ˈsfɛrəʊsaɪt, ˈsfɪərəʊ-|
[f. sphero- + -cyte.]
A red blood cell which is biconvex instead of biconcave.
1908Christophers & Bentley in Sci. Mem. Officers Med. & Sanitary Dept. Govt. India XXXV. 77 As such cells..are a sign of most important pathological changes, we have thought it desirable to have a name to designate the condition and have termed them spherocytes. 1947Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CCXIV. 255/1 The increased hemolysis seems due to the fact that spherocytes and ovalocytes are removed by the spleen more readily than are normal biconcave disks. 1977Lancet 12 Nov. 1025/2 The blood smear showed many fragmented red bloodcells and some spherocytes.
Hence spheroˈcytic a., of, pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of spherocytes; spherocyˈtosis, any spherocytic condition.
1933F. W. Price et al. Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 4) xi. 775 Acholuric jaundice. Synonyms.—Spherocytosis; congenital hæmolytic anæmia. 1937E. B. Krumbhaar in R. L. Cecil Textbk. Med. (ed. 4) 1266 Hemolytic Jaundice. (Congenital, Familial,..Spherocytic Anemia, [etc.]). 1947Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CCXIV. 255/1, 2 families which have a characteristic history and the clinical findings of hereditary spherocytic hemolytic icterus but show no spherocytosis. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxxi. 3/2 The specific abnormality underlying spherocytic haemolytic anaemia is unknown. 1977Lancet 6 Aug. 305/1 Repeated phagocytosis in lymphoreticular tissues is a feature of many hæmatological disorders, of which hereditary spherocytosis is an example par excellence. |