| spherocyte | A small, spherical red blood cell. Origin: sphero-+ G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spherocytes | A small, globular, completely haemoglobinated erythrocyte without the usual central pallor, found characteristically in hereditary spherocytosis (spherocytosis, hereditary) but also observed in acquired haemolytic anaemia (anaemia, haemolytic). (12 Dec 1998) |