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Definition of Microcytic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcytic
Literary usage of Microcytic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"Thus, anemia can be classified as microcytic (MCV below 83 fL), ... However, 23
percent were classified as having microcytic anemia and 6 percent macrocytic ..."
2. Chemical and Microscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"I Intermediate type, may be macro- Secondary anaemia due to poison- or microcytic.
ing (lead, etc.). I Secondary anemia due to tumors, chronic haemorrhage, ..."
3. American Medicine (1911)
"... and microcytic type; 2, the intermediate type, which may be macrocytic or
microcytic; 3, the megaloblastic and macrocytic type. ..."
4. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"... of the microcytic form of pernicious anaemia. Secondary Pernicious Anaemia.—The
severe grades of secondary anaemia most frequently result from malaria, ..."
5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The differentiating characters included the greater incidence of thoracic pain,
microcytic carcinoma, surgery possibilities and therapeutic attitude in ..."
6. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"In the late stages of anemia, due to chronic blood loss, a microcytic hypochromic
anemia occurs (Harris and Keller- meyer, l970). ..."
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