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meg·a·lo·blast

(mĕg′ə-lō-blăst′)

An abnormally large immature red blood cell (erythroblast) found especially in the blood of people with certain types of anemia and often associated with vitamin B₁₂ deficiency.

meg′a·lo·blas′tic adj.

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megaloblast

(ˈmɛɡələʊˌblɑːst)

(Medicine) an abnormally large red blood cell precursor, present in certain types of anaemia

megaloblastic adj

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meg•a•lo•blast

(ˈmɛg ə ləˌblæst)

n.

an abnormally large immature dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood esp. of persons with pernicious anemia.

[1895–1900]

meg`a•lo•blas′tic, adj.

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megaloblast - abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency

erythrocyte, RBC, red blood cell - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

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Megaloblastic anemia is an anemia that is characterized by the presence of precursor cells, megaloblast in the bone marrow and macrocytic red cells in the peripheral blood.4 These megaloblasts arise because of impaired DNA synthesis followed by ineffective erythropoiesis.4

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Without the vitamin the red cells can become enlarged and will be immature and a strange shape (megaloblasts) and, as a consequence of this, they will be unable to marry with the oxygen-carrying Haemoglobin to deliver oxygen to wherever it is needed in the body--which is, incidentally, everywhere.