A variety of poikilocyte that owes its abnormal shape to fragmentation occurring as the cell flows through damaged small vessels. SYN: schizocyte. [schisto- + G. kytos, cell]
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schis·to·cyte 'shis-tə-.sīt, 'skis- n a hemoglobin-containing fragment of a red blood cell
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schis·to·cyte (shisґ-) (skisґto-sīt) a fragment of an erythrocyte, commonly observed in the blood in hemolytic anemias; called also helmet cell and schizocyte.Medical dictionary. 2011.