Microcyte

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microcyte \Mi"cro*cyte\, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? a hollow vessel.]
     (Physiol.)
     One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much
     smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly
     noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  microcyte
       n : an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in
           diameter)