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Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
Downey — Hal, U.S. hematologist, 1877–1959. See D. cell … Medical dictionary
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen — The assembled human DNA clamp, a trimer of the protein PCNA … Wikipedia
White blood cell — White Blood Cells redirects here. For the album by The White Stripes, see White Blood Cells (album). White blood cell A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. In addition to the irregularly shaped leukocytes, both… … Wikipedia
Reactive lymphocyte — surrounded by red blood cells. Reactive lymphocytes are lymphocytes that become large as a result of antigen stimulation. Typically they can be more than 30 µm in diameter with varying size and shape. The nucleus of a reactive lymphocyte can be… … Wikipedia
Codocyte — This article is about the abnormally shaped red blood cell. For the endocrinology concept, see target cell. Codocytes, also known as target cells or Mexican hat cells[1],[2] are red blood cells that have the appearance of a shooting target with a … Wikipedia
Inclusion body — Inclusion bodies are nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregates of stainable substances, usually proteins. They typically represent sites of viral multiplication in a bacterium or a eukaryotic cell and usually consist of viral capsid proteins. Inclusion… … Wikipedia
Degmacyte — A degmacyte (aka bite cell ) is an abnormally shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin.[1] These bites result from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.[2] Glucose 6… … Wikipedia
Iron overload — Micrograph of haemosiderosis. Liver biopsy. Iron stain. ICD 10 R … Wikipedia
Microcytosis — Classification and external resources DiseasesDB 8192 Microcytosis is a condition where red blood cells are unusually small when their mean corpuscular volume is measured.[1] It is al … Wikipedia
