| spherocytosis |
Spherocytosis is an auto-hemolytic anemia (a disease of the blood) characterized by the production of red blood cells that are sphere-shaped, rather than donut-shaped. It is caused by a molecular defect in one of the proteins of the red blood cell cytoskeleton (usually ankyrin, sometimes spectrin). ...
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| spheroplast |
(formerly also sphaeroplast) A microbial or plant cell from which most of the cell wall has been removed, usually by enzymic treatment. Strictly, in a spheroplast, some of the wall remains, while in a protoplast the wall has been completely removed. In practice, the two words are often used interchangeably. See protoplast.
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| spherocyte |
small, round erythrocyte having the appearance of being completely filled with hemoglobin (no central area of pallor)
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| spherocylinder |
a combined spherical and cylindrical lens.
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| spherocylindrical l. |
a lens with one spherical and one cylindrical surface, and functioning as both a simple spherical lens and a simple cylindrical one.
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