nonnucleated

  • 21microcyte — A small (5 μm or less) nonnucleated red blood cell. SYN: microerythrocyte. [micro + G. kytos, cell] * * * mi·cro·cyte mī krə .sīt n an abnormally small red blood cell present esp. in some anemias * * * n. an abnormally small red blood cell… …

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  • 22normocyte — A nonnucleated erythrocyte of normal size (average 7.5 μm); a normal, healthy red blood cell. SYN: normoerythrocyte. [normo + G. kytos, cell] * * * nor·mo·cyte nȯr mə .sīt …

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  • 23Wuchereria — A genus of filarial nematodes (family Onchocercidae, superfamily Filarioidea) characterized by adult forms that live chiefly in lymphatic vessels and produce large numbers of embryos or microfilariae that circulate in the bloodstream… …

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  • 24blood platelet — blood′ plate let n. anat. any of the minute, nonnucleated cellular elements in mammalian blood essential for coagulation • Etymology: 1895–1900 …

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  • 25platelet — [plāt′lit] n. [ PLATE + LET] 1. any of certain round or oval, nonnucleated disks, smaller than a red blood cell and containing no hemoglobin, found in the blood of mammals and associated with the process of blood clotting 2. THROMBOCYTE (sense 1) …

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  • 26hematid — ˈhēməd.ə̇d, ˈhem noun ( s) Etymology: hemat + id : a mature nonnucleated red blood cell …

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