tactoid

tactoid
tac·toid 'tak-.tȯid n an elongated particle (as in a sickle cell, myosin, or fibrin) that appears as a spindle-shaped body under a polarizing microscope

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tac·toid (takґtoid) an elongated crystallike aggregation that appears spindle-shaped under a polarizing microscope, such as a sickle cell, myosin, or fibrin. See also immunotactoid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • tactoid — tac·toid …   English syllables

  • tactoid — ˈtakˌtȯid noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tact (from Greek taktos, verbal of tassein, tattein to arrange, order) + oid more at tactics : an elongated particle (as in vanadium pentoxide sol, tobacco mosaic virus …   Useful english dictionary

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