Dictionary entry

Poikilocyte

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Poi″ki‐lo‐cyte (poi″kĭ‐lō̍‐sīt), n. [Gr. ποικίλοσ diversified, changeable + κύτοσ hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anæmia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.