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Acanthocyte (from the Gr**** word ἄκανθα acantha,
meaning 'thorn'), in
biology and medicine,
refers to an
abnormal form of red
blood cell that has a spiked...
- Look up
acanthocyte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Acanthocyte is a form of red
blood cell that has a
spiked cell membrane, due to
abnormal thorny...
- can be
distinguished from
acanthocytes by the
shape of the projections,
which are
smaller and more
numerous than in
acanthocytes and are
evenly spaced. Echinocytes...
- In mycology,
acanthocyte refers to
stellate cells found on the
hyphae of
fungi of the
genus Stropharia.
Recent work,
published in 2006, on
those of Stropharia...
- ****ulated red
blood cells called acanthocytes. The 'core'
neuroacanthocytosis syndromes, in
which acanthocytes are a
typical feature, are c****a acanthocytosis...
- of the red
blood cells appear thorny.
These thorny cells are
called acanthocytes.
Other effects of the
disease may
include involuntary muscle movements...
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alcohol use. It is
defined by
hemolytic anemia (with spur
cells and
acanthocytes),
hyperlipoproteinemia (excessive
blood lipoprotein),
jaundice (elevation...
- Acanthaster, Acanthion, acanthite, Acanthocephala, acanthocephaliasis,
acanthocyte, Acanthomintha, Acanthosaura, Acanthus, Metriacanthosaurus, neuroacanthocytosis...
- they make up 10% or more of the
total po****tion of red
blood cells.
Acanthocytes or Spur/Spike
cells Codocytes or
Target cells Echinocytes and Burr cells...
- presenting.
McLeod syndrome is one of only a few
disorders in
which acanthocytes may be
found on the
peripheral blood smear.
Blood chemistry testing may...
