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spherocyte

/ˈsfɛɹəsaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sphe-ro-cyte
IPA
/ˈsfɛɹəsaɪt/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A red blood cell that is spherical rather than biconcave, as occurs in spherocytosis

Etymology

From sphero- + -cyte.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

spherocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

microspherocyte spherocytic

Frequently Paired Words

spherogenic

Questions

How do you pronounce spherocyte?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsfɛɹəsaɪt/.
What does spherocyte mean?
A red blood cell that is spherical rather than biconcave, as occurs in spherocytosis
Where does spherocyte come from?
From sphero- + -cyte.

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