Medical term:
ovalocyte
elliptocyte
[e-lip´to-sīt]an abnormal oval or elliptical erythrocyte, as seen in elliptocytosis. Called also ovalocyte.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
el·lip·to·cyte
(ē-lip'tō-sīt)An elliptic red blood corpuscle found normally in the lower vertebrates with the exception of Cyclostomata; in mammals it normally occurs only in camels, hence cameloid cell.
Synonym(s): ovalocyte.
Synonym(s): ovalocyte.
[G. elleipsis, a leaving out, an ellipse, + kytos, cell]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
ovalocyte
(ō′văl-ō-sīt″) [″ + Gr. kytos, cell]An elliptical red blood corpuscle.
Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners
elliptocyte
[e-lip´to-sīt]an abnormal oval or elliptical erythrocyte, as seen in elliptocytosis. Called also ovalocyte.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
el·lip·to·cyte
(ē-lip'tō-sīt)An elliptic red blood corpuscle found normally in the lower vertebrates with the exception of Cyclostomata; in mammals it normally occurs only in camels, hence cameloid cell.
Synonym(s): ovalocyte.
Synonym(s): ovalocyte.
[G. elleipsis, a leaving out, an ellipse, + kytos, cell]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
ovalocyte
(ō′văl-ō-sīt″) [″ + Gr. kytos, cell]An elliptical red blood corpuscle.
Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners
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