leptocyte /lep·to·cyte/ (lep´to-sīt) target cell (1).
leptocyte.
leptocyte
lep·to·cyte (l p t -s t )n. An abnormally thin or flattened red blood cell having a central rounded pigmented area, a middle pigmentless zone, and a pigmented edge. |
leptocyte.
See target cell.
leptocyte
a thin, flattened hypochromic erythrocyte with a normal diameter and decreased MCV. See also target cell.
leptocyte
leptos, Greek, thin A wafer-thin RBC with marginated Hb seen in thalassemia and obstructive liver disease, in iron-deficiency anemia, and in chronic inflammation
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