See Also: spherocyte(medicine)
spherocyte(dictionary)

spherocyte (iou)



spherocyte noun. E20.
[from SPHERO- + -CYTE.]
Medicine. A spherical cell; esp. a red blood cell which is biconvex instead of biconcave.
spherocytic adjective of, pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of spherocytes M20.
spherocy'tosis noun, pl. -toses , a spherocytic condition M20.