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noun
an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, hematology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: megalocyte
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English macrocyte From macro- + -cyte.
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