(ă-kăn′thō-sīt″)
[Pronunciation]
[Gr. akantha, thorn, + kytos, cell]
An abnormal erythrocyte that in wet preparations has cytoplasmic projections so that the cell appears to be covered with thorns.
See: abetalipoproteinemia
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