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MEGALOCYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does megalocyte mean?
• MEGALOCYTE (noun)
The noun MEGALOCYTE has 1 sense:
1. abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
Familiarity information: MEGALOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
macrocyte; megalocyte
Hypernyms ("megalocyte" is a kind of...):
erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)
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