What does "pyropoikilocytosis" mean?

A form of hemolytic anemia characterized by an abnormal sensitivity of red blood cells to heat and erythrocyte morphology similar to that seen in thermal burns.

Pyropoikilocytosis

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Noun

1
A form of hemolytic anemia characterized by an abnormal sensitivity of red blood cells to heat and erythrocyte morphology similar to that seen in thermal burns. uncountable

Etymology

From pyro- + poikilocyte + -osis.

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red blood cell

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