Definition of Megaloblastic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to megaloblasts.

Partainyms: Megaloblast
Derivative terms: Megaloblast

Definition of Megaloblastic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or produced by a megaloblast ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Megaloblastic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Megaloblastic

1. A large abnormal red blood cell appearing in the blood in pernicious anaemia. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megaloblastic

megalerg
megalergs
megalethoscope
megalethoscopes
megalgia
megaliter
megaliters
megalith
megalithic
megalithic structure
megaliths
megalitre
megalitres
megalo-
megaloblast
megaloblastic (current term)
megaloblastic anaemia
megaloblastic anemia
megaloblasts
megalocardia
megalocardias
megalocheiria
megalocystis
megalocyte
megalocytes
megalocythemia
megalocytic anaemia
megalocytosis

Literary usage of Megaloblastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Other megaloblastic Anemias We have seen that anemias of a ... In addition to these toxic anemias of a megaloblastic type, a number of other similar anemias ..."

2. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Other megaloblastic Anemias We have seen that anemias of a ... In addition to these toxic anemias of a megaloblastic type, a number of other similar anemias ..."

3. Disease of the Blood by Paul Ehrlich, Carl von Noorden, Adolf Lazarus, Felix Pinkus (1905)
"l Moreover, we are in a position to state that the megaloblastic ... Because the new formation of red blood-corpuscles of megaloblastic type is a much ..."

4. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Other megaloblastic Anemias We have seen that anemias of a ... A megaloblastic anemia occurs in only a small proportion of patients harboring this parasite, ..."

5. Histology of the Blood: Normal and Pathological by Paul Ehrlich, Adolf Lazarus, W. Myers, German Sims Woodhead (1900)
"We can now say that the megaloblastic metamorphosis is not a purposeful process, and for the following reasons : 1. Since the fresh formation of red blood ..."

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