degmacyte
Meanings
noun
- An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῆγμα (dêgma, “bite”) + -cyte.
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