poikilocyten.
/ˈpɔɪkɪlə(ʊ)sʌɪt/, U.S. /pɔɪˈkɪləˌsaɪt/, /ˈpɔɪkəloʊˌsaɪt/ Medicine.
An irregularly shaped (often elongated or pointed) red blood cell, characteristically seen in anaemias.
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globule1674
red corpuscle1747
red blood disc1835
red cell1843
red blood corpuscle1844
pneumocyte1872
poikilocyte1886
haematid1888
normoblast1889
polychromatic normoblast1899
normocyte1900
spherocyte1908
polychrome1909
siderocyte1915
reticulocyte1922
proerythroblast1927
target cell1938
acanthocyte1952
sideroblast1954
1886 Science 9 Apr. 321/1 In addition to these, are very irregular forms known as poikilocytes.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 578 Irregular forms of red corpuscles which are generally included under the name of poikilocytes.
1907 W. Weintraud in C. von Noorden et al. Metabolism II. v. 261 The appearance of..microcytes, and also of poikilocytes and shadows of blood-corpuscles, is reported..in icterus neonatorum.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxiii. 585 Abnormal forms of red corpuscles, which are usually elongated and pear-shaped, occur frequently in almost all types of anæmia. Such abnormal corpuscles are known as poikilocytes.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxviii. 497 Hematologic changes include aberrations in erythrocyte morphology (target cells and poikilocytes), [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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