microcyte (redirected from microcytes)

microcyte /mi·cro·cyte/ (-sit)

1. an abnormally small erythrocyte, 5 microns or less in diameter.microcyt´ic

2. microglial cell.

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mi·cro·cyte (mkr-st)

n.

An abnormally small red blood cell that is less than five micrometers in diameter and may occur in certain forms of anemia. Also called microerythrocyte.

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micro·cytic (-stk) adj.

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microcyte,

n an unusually small red blood cell associated with iron deficiency anemia.

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microcyte

an erythrocyte that has a smaller diameter than is normal for the species in which it occurs.