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- noun biochemistry A
phenomenon whereerythrocytes are arranged around a centralcell to form acluster that looks like aflower .
Etymologies
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rosette + -ing
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Examples
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Many fine ferns dwell here also, especially the beautiful and interesting rock-ferns -- pellaea, and cheilanthes of several species -- fringing and rosetting dry rock-piles and ledges; woodwardia and asplenium on damp spots with fronds six or seven feet high; the delicate maiden-hair in mossy nooks by the falls, and the sturdy, broad-shouldered pteris covering nearly all the dry ground beneath the oaks and pines.
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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It is based on the ability of parasite infected erythrocytes to adhere to the vascular endothelium (cytoadherence) and to uninfected erythrocytes (rosetting).
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