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spheroechinocyte

spheroechinocyte noun: an echinocyte in the form of a crenated sphere.

Noun

spheroechinocyte (plural spheroechinocytes)

  1. An echinocyte in the form of a crenated sphere
    • In contrast, the number of irreversible shapes such as spheroechinocyte and spherostomatocyte shapes was higher in plateau RBCs compared with lowland RBCs. Previous studies indicated that RBC shape changes are related to enhanced osmotic fragility and cation dysregulation, and are accompanied with...2015 December 5, “Adaption to High Altitude: An Evaluation of the Storage Quality of Suspended Red Blood Cells Prepared from the Whole Blood of Tibetan Plateau Migrants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of spheroechinocyte

pluralspheroechinocytes

Origin of spheroechinocyte

From sphero- + echinocyte.

Questions about spheroechinocyte

What does spheroechinocyte mean?
Spheroechinocyte means an echinocyte in the form of a crenated sphere.
What part of speech is spheroechinocyte?
Spheroechinocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of spheroechinocyte?
The plural of spheroechinocyte is spheroechinocytes.

Words near spheroechinocyte in the dictionary

  1. spherocyte
  2. spherocytes
  3. spherocytic
  4. spherocytoses
  5. spherocytosis
  6. spheroechinocyte
  7. spheroechinocytes
  8. spheroform
  9. spheroforms
  10. spherogenesis
  11. spherogenic

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