spherocytic jaundice

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• Jaundice — Yellowish staining of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) by abnormally blood high levels of the bile pigment bilirubin. The yellowing extends to other tissues and body fluids. Jaundice was once called the morbus regius (the regal… …   Medical dictionary

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• spherocytosis — Presence of sphere shaped red blood cells in the blood. SYN: microspherocytosis. [spherocyte + G. osis, condition] hereditary s. [MIM*182900] a congenital defect of spectrin [MIM*182860], the main component of the …   Medical dictionary

• hereditary spherocytosis — n a disorder of red blood cells that is inherited as a dominant trait and is characterized by anemia, small thick fragile spherocytes which are extremely susceptible to hemolysis, enlargement of the spleen, reticulocytosis, and mild jaundice * *… …   Medical dictionary