normocyticadj.
/ˌnɔːmə(ʊ)ˈsɪtɪk/, /ˌnɔːmə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɔrmoʊˈsɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of the nature of a normocyte; characterized by the presence of normocytes. Cf. macrocytic adj., microcytic adj.
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normoblastic1905
normocytic1911
siderocytic1922
microcytic1925
erythroid1927
macrocytic1930
sideroblastic1956
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of red cells > anaemia > types of
ischaemous1684
ischaemic1876
normocytic1911
Plummer–Vinson syndrome1926
sicklemic1949
sideroblastic1956
sideroachrestic1959
1911 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 6) 559/2 Normocytic, relating to or having the character of a normocyte.
1930 M. M. Wintrobe in Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 1929–30 27 1071 The second class [of anemias], which may be called ‘normocytic’, is distinguished by a reduction in the red cell count without any change or at most a slight increase in the size and hemoglobin content of the red corpuscles.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxiii. 595 In milder cases of iron-deficiency the size of the cell is often normal and the anæmia is then described as hypochromic and normocytic.
1971 Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. 59 427 In 60% of the cases the anemia was of the normocytic normochromic type.
2000 Amer. Family Physician 62 2255 Anemia of chronic disease, the most common normocytic anemia, is found in 6 percent of adult patients hospitalized by family physicians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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