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clasmatosis

clas·ma·to·sis

(klaz'mă-tō'sis),

The extension of pseudopodialike processes in unicellular organisms and blood cells by plasmolysis rather than by a true formation of pseudopodia.

[G. klasma, a fragment, + -osis, condition]

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References in periodicals archive

This process is known as clasmatosis. Fragments of red cytoplasm may be seen scattered about the smear.

Flaming plasma cells

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