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This is a term used to describe the variation seen in the shape of red blood cells in some disorders of the BONE MARROW.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. the presence of abnormally shaped red cells (*poikilocytes) in the blood. Poikilocytosis is particularly marked in *myelofibrosis but can occur to some extent in almost any blood disease.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Poikilocyte

n. an abnormally shaped red blood cell (*erythrocyte). Poikilocytes may be classified into a variety of types on the basis of their shape; for example elliptocytes (ellipsoid) and schistocytes (semilunar). See also poikilocytosis.... poikilocyte

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