Definition of Megaloblast

1. Noun. Abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency.

Generic synonyms: Erythrocyte, Rbc, Red Blood Cell
Derivative terms: Megaloblastic

Definition of Megaloblast

1. Noun. An abnormally large red blood cell associated with pernicious anemia and with folic acid deficiency ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Megaloblast

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Medical Definition of Megaloblast

1. A large nucleated cell which is the precurson to alterations of the red blood cell sequence, these cells are found almost exclusively in people with pernicious anaemia. (29 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megaloblast

megalecithal
megalerg
megalergs
megalethoscope
megalethoscopes
megalgia
megaliter
megaliters
megalith
megalithic
megalithic structure
megaliths
megalitre
megalitres
megalo-
megaloblast (current term)
megaloblastic
megaloblastic anaemia
megaloblastic anemia
megaloblasts
megalocardia
megalocardias
megalocheiria
megalocystis
megalocyte
megalocytes
megalocythemia
megalocytic anaemia

Literary usage of Megaloblast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical and Microscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"Orthochromatic megaloblast with well-marked chromatin network in the ... Polychromatic megaloblast. Cell body undergoing solution in the blood plasma. 27. ..."

2. A Guide to the Clinical Examination of the Blood for Diagnostic Purposes by Richard Clarke Cabot (1897)
"Cells like a megaloblast, but having a dark nucleus instead of a light one. 8. ... For instance, a megaloblast is a cell considerably larger than a ..."

3. Clinical Diagnosis: A Text-book of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical by Charles Phillips Emerson (1908)
"In all reports of blood cases it is necessary to know the writer's definition of a megaloblast, for opinions vary much. Some demand a large cell, ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"Sometimes prolonged search is necessary before a megaloblast is seen, in fact two or three films may have to be systematically gone over before one is found ..."

5. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"The presence of haemoglobin in the megaloblast would be sought for. ... The progress of development is set in motion but arrested at the megaloblast stage. ..."

6. Birmingham Medical Review (1901)
"In a megaloblast it is a mixed colour, indicating a degeneration termed ... The Nucleus of the megaloblast, however, is single, does not form so large a ..."

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