Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A red blood cell having an abnormal shape as a result of fragmentation that occurs as the cell flows through damaged small vessels.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A segmenting blood-cell.
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- noun a
red blood cell that has beenfragmented by passage through damaged small vessels
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek skhistos, split; see schist + –cyte.]
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From schisto- + -cyte.
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