schizocyte


schistocyte

 [shis´-, skis´to-sīt] a fragment of an erythrocyte, commonly observed in the blood in hemolytic anemia" >hemolytic anemia; called also helmet cell and schizocyte.

schis·to·cyte

(skis'tō-sīt), A variety of poikilocyte that owes its abnormal shape to fragmentation occurring as the cell flows through damaged small vessels. Synonym(s): schizocyte [schisto- + G. kytos, cell]