crescent bodies


ach·ro·mo·cyte

(ă-krō'mō-sīt) A hypochromic, crescent-shaped erythrocyte, probably resulting from artifactual rupture of a red blood cell.
Synonym(s): achromacyte, achromatocyte, crescent bodies, ghost corpuscle, phantom corpuscle, Ponfick shadow, selenoid bodies, semilunar bodies, shadow (3) , Traube corpuscle. [G. a- priv. + chrōma, color, + kytos, hollow (cell)]