The presence of poikilocytes in the peripheral blood. SYN: poikilocythemia. [poikilocyte + G. -osis, condition]
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poi·kilo·cy·to·sis -sī-'tō-səs n, pl -to·ses -sēz a condition characterized by the presence of poikilocytes in the blood
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the presence of abnormally shaped red cells (poikilocyte) in the blood. Poikilocytosis is particularly marked in myelofibrosis but can occur to some extent in almost any blood disease.
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poi·ki·lo·cy·to·sis (poi″kĭ-lo-si-toґsis) [poikilocyte + -osis] presence of poikilocytes in the blood; called also poikilocythemia.Medical dictionary. 2011.