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stippling — 1. A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to the action of a basic stain, due to the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm. SYN: punctate basophilia. 2. An orange peel appearance of t … Medical dictionary
stippling — noun ( s) 1. : a stippled effect 2. : a spotted condition (as in basophilic red blood corpuscles, the retina in diseases of the eye, X rays of the lungs, bones) … Useful english dictionary
punctate basophilia — basophilic stippling … Medical dictionary
Lead poisoning — Classification and external resources An X ray demonstrating the characteristic finding of lead poisoning, dense metaphyseal lines. ICD 10 T … Wikipedia
basoerythrocyte — A red blood cell that manifests changes of basophilic degeneration, such as basophilic stippling, punctate basophilia, or basophilic granules … Medical dictionary
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
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
Hepatocyte — [ thumb|300px|Sinusoid of a rat liver with fenestrated endothelial cells. Fenestrae are approx 100 nm diameter, and the sinusoidal width 5 µm. Scanning electron micrograph by Robin Fraser, University of Otago.] Hepatocytes make up 70 80% of the… … Wikipedia
Sideroblastic anemia — * With lead poisoning, see coarse basophilic stippling of red blood cells on peripheral blood smear * Specific test: Prussian Blue stain of RBC in marrow. Shows ringed sideroblasts.TreatmentOccasionally, the anemia is so severe that support with… … 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
