Medical Definition of Leptocyte

1. A target or Mexican hat cell, i.e., an unusually thin or flattened red blood cell in which there is a central rounded area of pigmented material, a middle clear zone that contains no pigment, and an outer pigmented rim at the edge of the cell. Leptocytes are thought to be erythrocytes in which the cellular envelope or membrane is unusually large in proportion to its contents. Origin: Lepto-+ G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptocyte

leptiform
leptin
leptin
Leptinotarsa
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
leptins
lepto-
leptocardia
leptocardian
leptocephali
leptocephalous
leptocephalus
leptocephaly
leptochroa
leptochromatic
leptocyte (current term)
leptocytosis
leptodactyl
leptodactylid
Leptodactylidae
leptodactylid frog
leptodactylous
Leptodactylus
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
leptodermic
Leptoglossus
leptology
leptome
leptomeningeal
leptomeningeal carcinoma

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