megacaryocyte
megacaryocyte is the alternative form of megakaryocyte.
Meaning of megakaryocyte
Noun
megakaryocyte (plural megakaryocytes)
- A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
- These have been described as giant cells with budding nuclei (Bizzozero [2]); but it seems to me that they are worthy of a more distinctive name. I shall speak of them hereafter as megakaryocytes, or large nucleated giant cells, while the first class might be named polykaryocytes, or multinucleated...1890, W. H. Howell, “Observations upon the occurrence, structure, and function of the giant cells of the marrow”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 4, page 118
Forms of megacaryocyte
| plural | megacaryocytes |
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Origin of megacaryocyte
From mega- + caryocyte.
Questions about megacaryocyte
- What is megacaryocyte the alternative form of?
- Megacaryocyte is the alternative form of megakaryocyte.
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