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megakaryocyte
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megakaryocyte /mega·karyo·cyte/ (-sīt″) the giant cell of bone marrow containing a greatly lobulated nucleus, from which mature blood platelets originate.megakaryocyt´ic
meg·a·kar·y·o·cyte (mg-kr--st)
n.
A large bone marrow cell with a lobulate nucleus that gives rise to blood platelets. Also called megalokaryocyte.
Megakaryocyte
A large bone marrow cell with a lobed nucleus that is the precursor cell of blood platelets.
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megakaryocyte
[meg′əker′ē·əsīt′]
Etymology: Gk, megas, large, karyon, nut, kytos, cell
an extremely large bone marrow cell measuring between 35 and 160 μm in diameter and having a nucleus with many lobes. Megakaryocytes are essential for the production and proliferation of platelets in the marrow and are normally not present in the circulating blood. Also spelled megacaryocyte. See also platelet. megakaryocytic, adj.
megakaryocyte [meg″ah-kar´e-o-sīt″]
the giant cell of bone marrow; it is a large cell with a greatly lobulated nucleus, and is generally supposed to give rise to blood platelets.
megakaryocyte
the giant cell of bone marrow; it is a large cell with a greatly lobulated nucleus and gives rise to blood platelets.
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