halometer

halometer
An instrument used to measure the diffraction halo of a red blood cell; based on the premise that the halo of the large erythrocyte of pernicious anemia is smaller than that of the normal cell; the hazy colorless halo of normal size is characteristic of secondary anemia.

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ha·lom·e·ter ha-'läm-ət-ər n an instrument for measuring the average diameter of red blood cells by means of the halos produced around them by diffraction

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ha·lom·e·ter (hə-lomґə-tər) [halo + -meter] 1. an instrument for measuring ocular halos; see halo (def. 1). 2. an instrument for estimating the size of erythrocytes by measuring the halos formed around them when a beam of light shines on them and is diffracted.

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