Definition: Ability of ERYTHROCYTES to change shape as they pass through narrow spaces, such as the microvasculature.
note category: do not confuse with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL: deformability is a normal desirable characteristic of erythrocytes; coord with disease /blood, not /physiopathol
See AlsoHemorheology
Other names Erythrocyte Filterability; Filterability, Erythrocyte; Deformability, Erythrocyte