crescent bodies

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crescent bodies

[kres′ənt]

1 (in a blood smear) large, pale, crescent-shaped cells produced from fragile erythrocytes as a blood film preparation is made.

2 large, round bodies with pink crescentlike margins found in blood of some anemia patients. Also called achromocytes, selenoid cells.

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