See Also: ankyrin(medicine)
Deficiency, ankyrin(health)
ankyrin repeat(medicine)
Ankyrin deficiency(health)
geniculum(medicine)
geniculum(dictionary)
geniculum of facial nerve(medicine)
geniculum of facial canal(medicine)
geniculum nervi facialis(medicine)
geniculum canalis facialis(medicine)

Ankyrin deficiency (health) and geniculum (iou)


Ankyrin deficiency (health)


Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), due to deficiency of ankyrin, a protein in the membrane of the red cell.





geniculum (iou)



geniculum noun. . E19.
[Latin: see GENICULATE.]
Anatomy. A small kneelike structure; a sharp bend; Botany (rare) a joint in the stalk of a plant.