megalocyte

English

Etymology

From megalo- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

megalocyte (plural megalocytes)

  1. (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.

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