megakaryocyte


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meg·a·kar·y·o·cyte

 (mĕg′ə-kăr′ē-ō-sīt′, -ə-sīt′)
n.
A large cell of the bone marrow that has a lobulated nucleus and releases platelets into the bloodstream.
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megakaryocyte

(ˌmɛɡəˈkærɪəˌsaɪt)
n
(Physiology) an abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm
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meg•a•kar•y•o•cyte

(ˌmɛg əˈkær i əˌsaɪt)

n.
a large bone marrow cell, with a lobed nucleus, whose cytoplasm is the source of blood platelets.
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Noun1.megakaryocyte - a large bone marrow cellmegakaryocyte - a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets
bone cell - a cell that is part of a bone
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The Enumeration of Megakaryocytes. Megakaryocyte quantity counting was performed according to the classical counting method.
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"It's thought that in our bodies every single megakaryocyte produces like a thousand platelets, and when you do it in culture [outside the body] it's like 10," he said.