acanthocytosisn.
/əˌkanθə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪs/, U.S. /əˌkænθəˌsaɪˈtoʊsəs/, /əˌkænθoʊˌsaɪˈtoʊsəs/ Medicine.
A medical condition characterized by the presence of acanthocytes; spec. abetalipoproteinemia.
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diacrisis1684
melanaema1788
mal-crasis1854
saturation1872
myeloid metaplasia1931
abetalipoproteinaemia1960
acanthocytosis1960
myelodysplasia1966
1952 K. Singer et al. in Blood 7 581 In acanthrocytosis the distorted corpuscles form the overwhelming majority and the normal erythrocytes the minority.]
1960 Lancet 13 Aug. 325/1 We agree with Druez that this disorder is more correctly termed acanthocytosis, and we shall use this term throughout.
1990 Glycobiology 1 10/1 In peripheral blood, the erythrocytes show acanthocytosis (irregularly contracted cells).
2008 M. Edwards et al. Parkinsons Dis. & Other Movement Disorders vii. 144 Abnormalities of red cell shape which can superficially look like acanthocytosis are seen in uraemia, in hepatic failure, [and] post splenectomy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1960