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Definition of Crenation

1. Noun. One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).

Definition of Crenation

1. n. A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

Definition of Crenation

1. Noun. The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells. ¹

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Definition of Crenation

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Medical Definition of Crenation

1. Distortion of the erythrocyte membrane giving a spiky, echinocyte, morphology. Results from ATP depletion or an excess of lipid species in the external lipid layer of the membrane. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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