Medical Dictionary

koilocyte

noun koi·lo·cyte \ˈki-lə-ˌsīt\

Medical Definition of KOILOCYTE

:  a vacuolated pyknotic epithelial cell that has either a clear cytoplasm or a perinuclear halo and that tends to be associated with certain human papillomavirus infections (as of the genitals)

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