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Word: Megakaryocyte
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century. From mega- + karyo- + -cyte; apparently coined by W. H. Howell
Definition:
A giant cell with a large, irregularly lobed, polyploid nucleus, which occurs in small numbers in normal bone marrow and gives rise to blood platelets by fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
Variant Forms:
- megacaryocyte
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