Degmacyte

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.

Synonyms

sickling dyshemoglobinemia dyserithropoiesis megalocyte dyshemopoiesis acanthocyte spherocytosis dyspoiesis macromegakaryocyte macrocyte erythrodysplasia sickle cell

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