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erythroid /er·y·throid/ (er´ĭ-throid)
1. of a red color; reddish.
2. pertaining to the cells of the erythrocytic series.

er·y·throid (r-throid, -rthroid)
adj.
1. Having a red color, especially of erythrocytes; reddish.
2. Of or relating to a red blood cell or one of its developmental precursors.

erythroid
[erith′roid]
1 reddish in color.
2 pertaining to erythrocytes.

erythroid [er´ĭ-throid]
1. of a red color; reddish.
2. pertaining to any of the cells in the erythrocytic series.

erythroid
1. of a red color; reddish.
2. pertaining to the developmental series of cells ending in erythrocytes.

erythroid aplasia
see pure red cell aplasia.
burst forming unit-erythroid
produced in in vitro cultures of erythroid stem cells. It has low sensitivity to erythropoietin and gives rise to colony forming unit-erythroid which, with erythropoietin, gives rise to erythroid cells.
erythroid hypoplasia
see hypoplastic anemia.
erythroid leukosis
see avian erythroblastosis.


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