Spherocyte

//ˈsfɛɹəsaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A red blood cell that is spherical rather than biconcave, as occurs in spherocytosis
  2. 2
    an abnormal spherical red blood cell wordnet

Etymology

From sphero- + -cyte.

Related phrases

red blood cell

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