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degmacyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
deg-ma-cyte
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆγμα (dêgma, “bite”) + -cyte.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

degmacytes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Heinz body schistocyte blister cell

Synonyms

bite cell

Questions

What does degmacyte mean?
An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.
Where does degmacyte come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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