ACANTHOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acanthocyte mean? 

• ACANTHOCYTE (noun)
  The noun ACANTHOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm

  Familiarity information: ACANTHOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("acanthocyte" is a kind of...):

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

 Context examples 

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of acanthocytes to all erythrocytes in a biological specimen.

(Acanthocyte to Erythrocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the ratio of acanthocytes compared to erythrocytes present in a sample.

(Acanthocyte to Erythrocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the acanthocytes in a biological specimen.

(Acanthocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the number of acanthocytes present in a sample.

(Acanthocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)