Medical Dictionary
tactoid
noun tac·toid \ˈtak-ˌtȯid\
Medical Definition of TACTOID
: an elongated particle (as in a sickle cell, myosin, or fibrin) that appears as a spindle-shaped body under a polarizing microscope
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