erythroid, a.
(ˈɛrɪθrɔɪd)
[mod. f. Gr. ἐρυθρ-ός (see erythro-) + -oid.]
1. Of a red colour, reddish.
1847 in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. |
2. Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
1927 Sabin & Doan in Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXV. ii. 122 In the new-born rabbit the erythroid-myeloid ratio of the bone marrow is nearly the reverse of that of the adult. 1961 Lancet 26 Aug. 491/1 Moderate to severe folic-acid deficiency existed in the absence of megaloblastic characteristics in the erythroid or myeloid series of the blood and marrow. |