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From spherocyte + -osis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A medical condition in which the red blood cells are globular spheres, rather than having the normal biconvex shape, and are therefore more prone to physical degradation, leading to hemolytic anemia Full definition →
From spherocyte + -osis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.