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Definition of Megakaryocyte
1. Noun. A large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets.
Definition of Megakaryocyte
1. Noun. (anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Megakaryocyte
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Medical Definition of Megakaryocyte
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megakaryocyte
Literary usage of Megakaryocyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"Section of the hind leg of the same embryo, to show a megakaryocyte lying in ...
A megakaryocyte surrounded by its broad envelope of secreted material fron» ..."
2. Normal histology and microscopical anatomy by Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson (1904)
"The megakaryocyte is also a large cell but possesses a polymorphous nucleus, ...
Whether this hypothesis be true or not, tho megakaryocyte variety is ..."
3. Glossary of HIV/Aids-related Terms edited by Barry Leonard (1995)
"They are not actually cells, but fragments released by megakaryocyte cells.
megakaryocyte is a large cell in the bone marrow whose function is to produce ..."
4. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"The most important in connection with the haemopoietic tissues is the megakaryocyte
already described. This occurs typically in the bone-marrow, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... increasing stimulation of megakaryocytopoiesis with decreasing platelet
count (rat), 161, 531 plasmatic megakaryocyte endomitosis (rat). ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"... the granulated myelocytes, the small lymphocyte-like cells, and the megakaryocyte.
Now the morphology and genesis of the lymphoblasts, ..."
7. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1904)
"... and one megakaryocyte of relatively small size has been seen. Four hours after
intraperitoneal inoculation with 0.5 cc of a bouillon culture of bacillus ..."
8. Essentials of Physiology by Francis Arthur Bainbridge, James Acworth Menzies (1916)
"... or megakaryocyte. blastoderm. The blood-islands lie between the mesoderm and
the entoderm, and are said to be derived from the latter. ..."
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