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reticulated(dictionary)
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reticulated corpuscle(medicine)
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reticulated corpuscle (medicine) and girl(1) (iou)


reticulated corpuscle (medicine)


reticulated corpuscle -->
reticulocyte
<haematology> Immature red blood cells normally restricted to the bone marrow and present in the blood stream in very low numbers (0.2-2%). An increase in numbers indicates increased proliferation in the bone marrow, for example following chemotherapy.


girl(1) (iou)



girl noun. See also GAL noun1. ME.

1. A child or young person of either sex. Usu. in pl. Only in ME.
2. A roebuck in its second year. L15-E18.
3. A female child; a young or relatively young woman. Also gen., a woman. M16.
L. Strachey The child grew into the girl, the girl into the young woman. C. Odets I like how you dress. The girls look nice in the summer time. Guardian A pretty, personable, and articulate 28-year-old girl.
b. A female servant; a female employee, esp. a secretary or Other assistant in an office, shop, factory, etc. (now freq. considered offensive). M17.
c. A sweetheart. Also, one's wife. M17.
U. Sinclair Each man would bring his 'girl' with him. M. French The men..left the living room to the 'girls'.
d. A black woman. S. Afr. & US (now racially offensive). M19.
Phrases etc.: all girls together, girls together colloq. on close friendly terms with another girl or girls. be a big girl (now): see BIG adjective. big girl's blouse: see girls' blouse below. best girl: see BEST adjective etc. boy-meets-girl: see BOY noun. girl about town a prostitute. girl of ease, girl of the town a prostitute. girl's blouse colloq. a weak, cowardly, or over-sensitive man. girls together: see all girls together above. hired girl: see HIRED ppl adjective. les girls girls collectively; spec. chorus girls. old girl: see OLD adjective. sporting girl: see SPORTING adjective. the girl next door: see NEXT adjective. the girls spec. a group of women, esp. with similar interests; the grown-up daughters of a family. WORKING girl. ZIEGFELD girl.
Comb.: girl Friday: see FRIDAY noun 1; girlfriend a female friend, esp. a boy's or (esp. unmarried) man's, or a Lesbian's, usual or preferred female companion or sexual partner; girl guide: see GUIDE noun; girl scout: see SCOUT noun3.
girldom noun the domain or world of girls; girls collectively: M19.
girleen noun (Anglo-Irish) a young girl M19.
girlhood noun the state of being a girl; the time during which one is a girl; girls collectively: L18.
girl-less [-l-l-] adjective (rare) without a girl or girls E20.