Megalocyte

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Megalocyte \Meg"a*lo*cyte\, n. [Megalo- + Gr. ? a hollow
     vessel.] (Physiol.)
     A large, flattened red blood cell corpuscle having no
     nucleus, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle,
     found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound
     anaemia.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  megalocyte
       n : abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious
           anemia) [syn: {macrocyte}]