Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large blood-corpuscle, measuring from 12 to 15 micromillimeters in diameter, found in the human blood in cases of anemia, especially of pernicious anemia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A large, flattened red blood cell corpuscle having no nucleus, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anæmia.
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- noun physiology A large, flattened
corpuscle , twice thediameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in theblood in profoundanemia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
Etymologies
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megalo- + cyte
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