RDW stands for Red Blood Cell Distribution Width, a technical term commonly used in medical science to represent the variability in size among red blood cells (RBCs) within a sample of blood
RDW is a measure of anisocytosis, which is the difference in size between red blood cells. In a normalblood sample, there is some degree of anisocytosis due to the fact that younger red blood cells have a larger volume than older ones. However, an abnormally highRDW suggests a condition where red blood cells vary significantly…