pyknocyte
pyknocyte noun: a distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell.
Noun
pyknocyte (plural pyknocytes)
- A distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell.
- Infantile pyknocytosis is diagnosed only by careful analysis of peripheral blood smear, which reveals numerous small irregular and contracted red blood cells with hyper-dense spikes (the pyknocytes), that progressively increase in number to peak at approximately 3–6 weeks postnatal age, and then...2015 May 8, Mohamad El Nabouch et al., “Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview”, in Clinical Case Reports...
pyknocyte meaning in Tamil
pyknocyte in Tamil
- குறுந்திண்குடமம்
Forms of pyknocyte
| plural | pyknocytes |
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Origin of pyknocyte
From pykno- + -cyte.
Words formed from pyknocyte
Questions about pyknocyte
- What does pyknocyte mean?
- Pyknocyte means a distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell.
- What is pyknocyte in Tamil?
- Pyknocyte in Tamil is குறுந்திண்குடமம். See Pyknocyte meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pyknocyte?
- Pyknocyte is a noun.
- What is the plural of pyknocyte?
- The plural of pyknocyte is pyknocytes.
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