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Definition of Macrocyte
1. Noun. Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).
Definition of Macrocyte
1. Noun. an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Macrocyte
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Macrocyte
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrocyte
Literary usage of Macrocyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The macrocyte is believed by many to represent a further stage in the development
of the lymphocyte. Their rate of formation may be influenced by a variety ..."
2. Clinical Diagnosis: A Text-book of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical by Charles Phillips Emerson (1908)
"He thinks it indicates that the protoplasm clusters around the nucleus and
separates as a small cell, leaving a large non-nucleated macrocyte, ..."
3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical ...by Thomas Lathrop Stedman by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1900)
"At c is seen a necrotic macrocyte, in which the nucleus is not recognizable,
filled with decolorized red blood corpuscles containing parasites with central ..."
4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A red blood-corpuscle of excessive size ; a macrocyte. ... A very large red
blood-cell ; a macrocyte. ..."
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