polychromasia

polychromasia

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poly·chro·ma·sia -krō-'mā-zh(ē-)ə n the quality of being polychromatic specif POLYCHROMATOPHILIA

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n.
the presence of certain blue red blood cells (erythrocyte) seen in blood films stained with Romanowsky stains, as well as the normal pink cells. The cells that appear blue are juvenile erythrocytes (see reticulocyte).

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poly·chro·ma·sia (pol″e-kro-maґzhə) 1. variation in the hemoglobin content of the erythrocytes of the blood. 2. polychromatophilia.

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