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Definition of Megalocyte
1. Noun. Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).
Definition of Megalocyte
1. n. A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anæmia.
Definition of Megalocyte
1. Noun. (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia. ¹
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Medical Definition of Megalocyte
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalocyte
Literary usage of Megalocyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"... corpuscle smaller than a normal- sized corpuscle, and usually varies from 3/<
to 6//. The megalocyte is one that is larger and varies from O// to 20,«. ..."
2. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"The diameter of a megalocyte generally varies from 9 to 12 // ... The megalocyte
found in this disease is usually characterized by an excess of hemoglobin, ..."
3. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"8, 4, 5. represents a nucleated megalocyte as the forerunner of a non-nucleated
megalocyte). If the erythrocytes exhibit marked variation in form and size, ..."
4. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"The term is restricted t<> embryonic or germinal cells as distinguished from
megalocyte, which pertains to adult life. ..."
5. Clinical pathology of the blood: A Treatise on the General Principles and by James Ewing (1903)
"Secondary Pernicious Anemia. (Eosin and Methylene Blue.) Figs. 1. megalocyte.
Fig. 2. Red cells of normal size deficient in ltb. Fig. 3. ..."
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