hemoconia

hemoconia
An obsolete term for small refractive particles in the circulating blood, probably lipid material associated with fragmented stroma from red blood cells. SYN: blood dust, blood motes, dust corpuscles. [hemo- + G. konis, dust]

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he·mo·co·nia also he·mo·ko·nia or chiefly Brit hae·mo·co·nia also hae·mo·ko·nia .hē-mə-'kō-nē-ə n small refractive colorless particles in the blood that are prob. granules from the cells in the blood or minute globules of fat called also blood dust

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he·mo·co·nia (he″mo-koґne-ə) [hemo- + coni- + -ia] small, round, or dumbbell-shaped particles demonstrating brownian movement, observed in platelets in a wet film of blood under darkfield microscopy. Called also blood dust.

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