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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

megakaryocyte

/(mĕg`ȧ*kăr"ĭ*ō̇*sīt)/ · meg·a·kar·y·o·cyte · IPA
01 n. A large bone marrow cell not usually found in the circulating blood; it is regarded as the precursors of blood platelets; it is up to 100 μ…
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    A large bone marrow cell not usually found in the circulating blood; it is regarded as the precursors of blood platelets; it is up to 100 μm in diameter, with a polyploid nucleus. Also referred to as megacaryocyte, megalokaryocyte, and thromboblast.(Anat.) Also: megacaryocyte, megalokaryocyte, thromboblast