See Also: reticulocyte(medicine)
reticulocyte(dictionary)
reticulocyte count(medicine)
reticulocyte lysate(medicine)

octogenarian (iou) and reticulocyte (medicine)


octogenarian (iou)



octogenarian noun & adjective. E19.
[from Latin octogenarius, from octogeni distrib. of octoginta eighty: see -ARIAN.]
A. noun. A person between 80 and 89 years of age. E19.
b. adjective. Between 80 and 89 years of age; of or pertaining to an octogenarian or octogenarians. E19.
oc'togenary adjective & noun (now rare) = OCTOGENARIAN L17.
octogenarianism noun the state or fact of being an octogenarian L19.

reticulocyte (medicine)


reticulocyte
<haematology> Immature red blood cells normally restricted to the bone marrow and present in the blood stream in very low numbers (0.2-2%). An increase in numbers indicates increased proliferation in the bone marrow, for example following chemotherapy.