reticulated corpuscle
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re·tic·u·lo·cyte
(re-tik'yū-lō-sīt'),A young red blood cell containing a basophilic cytoplasmic network precipitated by brilliant cresyl blue representing residual polyribosomes; such cells become more numerous during the process of active blood regeneration.
See also: erythroblast.
See also: erythroblast.
Synonym(s): reticulated corpuscle, skein cell
[reticulo- + G. kytos, cell]
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reticulated corpuscle
An obsolete term for reticulocyte.
See: reticulocyteSee also: corpuscle
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