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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as pœcilocyte.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anæmia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.

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  • noun physiology An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.

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Ancient Greek

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