See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Shadow(medicine)
shadow(2)(dictionary)
shadow(1)(dictionary)
eye shadow(dictionary)
shadow boxing(dictionary)
scissors-shadow(medicine)
five o'clock shadow(dictionary)
shadow cells(medicine)

shadow corpuscle (medicine) and white van man (oh)


shadow corpuscle (medicine)


shadow corpuscle -->
achromocyte


A hypochromic, crescent-shaped erythrocyte, probably resulting from artifactual rupture of a red cell with loss of haemoglobin.

Synonym: achromacyte, achromatocyte, ghost corpuscle, phantom corpuscle, Ponfick's shadow, shadow corpuscle, shadow, Traube's corpuscle.

Origin: G. A-priv. + chroma, colour, + kytos, hollow (cell)


white van man (oh)



n [C] BrE informal
a man who drives a white van, especially when delivering goods in a city, in an aggressive and dangerous way