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noun
An abnormally large red blood cell associated with pernicious anemia and with folic acid deficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences
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noun
abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
History
From megalo- + -blast.
