Spherocytosis is an auto-hemolytic anemia (a disease of the blood) characterized by the production of red blood cells (RBCs), or erythrocytes, that are sphere-shaped, rather than bi-concave disk shaped. Spherocytes are found in hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. It almost always refers to hereditary spherocytosis. This is ca...
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<haematology> A condition in which erythrocytes lose their biconcave shape and become spherical. It occurs as cells age and is also found in individuals with abnormal cytoskeletal proteins, (hereditary spherocytosis, a disorder that leads to haemolytic anaemia). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(sfēr″o-si-to´sis) the presence of spherocytes in the blood. hereditary spherocytosis a congenital hereditary form of hemolytic anemia characterized by abnormally fragile spherocytes in the blood, with jaundice, and enlargement of the spleen.
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A condition in which erythrocytes lose their biconcave shape and become spherical. It occurs as cells age, and is also found in individuals with abnormal cytoskeletal proteins, (hereditary spherocytosis, a disorder that leads to haemolytic anaemia).
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sfē′rō-sī-tō′sis Definitions: 1. Presence of spheric red blood cells in the blood. Synonyms: microspherocytosis
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