elliptocytosis /el·lip·to·cy·to·sis/ (e-lip″to-si-to´sis) a hereditary disorder characterized by elliptocytes, with increased red cell destruction and anemia.
elliptocytosis
elliptocytosis [e-lip″to-si-to´sis]
elliptocytosis (ēlip´tōsītō´sis),
el·lip·to·cy·to·sis ( -lip t -s -t ss)n. A relatively rare hereditary abnormality of red blood cells in which more than half of the cells are rod forms and elliptocytes. It is often associated with hemolytic anemia. Also called ovalocytosis. |
elliptocytosis
[ilip′tōsītō′sis]
Etymology: Gk, elleipsis + kytos + osis, condition
an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by increased numbers of elliptocytes. Less than 15% of the red blood cells appear in this form in normal blood; modest increases occur in a variety of anemias, including a rare congenital disorder, hereditary elliptocytosis. Also called ovalocytosis. Compare spherocytosis. See also acanthocytosis, congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, spherocytic anemia.
elliptocytosis [e-lip″to-si-to´sis]
any of several hereditary disorders in which most of the erythrocytes are elliptocytes; it is characterized by increased erythrocyte destruction and anemia.
elliptocytosis (ēlip´tōsītō´sis),
n (ovalcytosis, oval cell anemia), a hereditary anomaly in which the red blood cells are elliptical, or oval shaped, and are predisposed to hemolysis.
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