spherocytosis
(sfēr″ō-sī-tō′sĭs)
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[Gr. sphaira, a ball, globe + cyto- + -sis]
A condition in which erythrocytes assume a spheroid shape. It occurs in certain hemolytic anemias.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Spherocytosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729241/all/spherocytosis.
Spherocytosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729241/all/spherocytosis. Accessed November 23, 2024.
Spherocytosis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729241/all/spherocytosis
Spherocytosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729241/all/spherocytosis.
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