English Explanatory Dictionary

megakaryocyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.

Word forms

megakaryocyte megakaryocytes megacaryocyte

Etymology

1890, from mega- + karyocyte

Derived words

amegakaryocytic erythromegakaryocyte megakaryoblast megakaryocytic megakaryocytopoiesis micromegakaryocyte promegakaryocyte
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