reticulated corpuscle

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.

Synonym(s): reticulated corpuscle, skein cell

[reticulo- + G. kytos, cell]

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reticulated corpuscle

An obsolete term for reticulocyte.

See: reticulocyte

See also: corpuscle

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