spherocyten.
/ˈsfɛrə(ʊ)sʌɪt//ˈsfɪərə(ʊ)sʌɪt/ Medicine.
A red blood cell which is biconvex instead of biconcave.
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globule1674
red corpuscle1747
red blood disc1835
red cell1843
red blood corpuscle1844
pneumocyte1872
poikilocyte1886
haematid1888
normoblast1889
polychromatic normoblast1899
normocyte1900
spherocyte1908
polychrome1909
siderocyte1915
reticulocyte1922
proerythroblast1927
target cell1938
acanthocyte1952
sideroblast1954
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > disorders of red cells > abnormal red cell
microcyte1876
megalocyte1886
macrocyte1889
megaloblast1890
gigantoblast1898
spherocyte1908
target cell1938
1908 Christophers & 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.
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 214 255/1 The increased hemolysis seems due to the fact that spherocytes and ovalocytes are removed by the spleen more readily than are normal biconcave disks.
1977 Lancet 12 Nov. 1025/2 The blood smear showed many fragmented red bloodcells and some spherocytes.
Derivatives
spheroˈcytic adj. of, relating to, or characterized by the presence of spherocytes.
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megaloblastic1900
haemolysed1916
sickled1923
hyperchromic1924
hypochromic1924
hyperchromatic1929
hypochromatic1929
macrocytic1930
spherocytic1937
1937 E. B. Krumbhaar in R. L. Cecil Textbk. Med. (ed. 4) 1266 Hemolytic Jaundice. (Congenital, Familial,..Spherocytic Anemia, [etc.]).
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 214 255/1 2 families which have a characteristic history and the clinical findings of hereditary spherocytic hemolytic icterus but show no spherocytosis.
1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxxi. 3/2 The specific abnormality underlying spherocytic haemolytic anaemia is unknown.
spherocyˈtosis n. any spherocytic condition.
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microcythaemia1876
microcytosis1885
haemolysis1890
macrocytosis1893
macrocythaemia1894
anisocytosis1903
sickling1923
hyperchromasia1929
hypochromasia1929
hyperchromia1931
hypochromia1931
spherocytosis1933
protoporphyria1956
1933 F. W. Price et al. Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 4) xi. 775 Acholuric jaundice. Synonyms.—Spherocytosis; congenital hæmolytic anæmia.
1977 Lancet 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.
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