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macrocyte, megalocyte
abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
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megaloblast
abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency
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acanthocyte
an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm
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microcyte
an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter)
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reticulocyte
an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
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sickle cell
an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin
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siderocyte
an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin
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spherocyte
an abnormal spherical red blood cell
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target cell
an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia
