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Definition of Megakaryocytes
1. megakaryocyte [n] - See also: megakaryocyte
Medical Definition of Megakaryocytes
1. Very large bone marrow cells which release mature blood platelets. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megakaryocytes
Literary usage of Megakaryocytes
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)
"My failure to find any perfectly clear examples of such a derivation has compelled
me to believe that the megakaryocytes take no direct part in the ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1904)
"At this time megakaryocytes are found in considerable number. ... megakaryocytes are
particularly numerous and vary much in size. ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(le—109) (le—109) megakaryocytes in the Peripheral Circulation. ... megakaryocytes
are most frequently found in the peripheral blood of chronic myelogenous ..."
4. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"If that were so, we should expect (a) that megakaryocytes would be ... and that
platelets are absent in animals whose marrow shows no megakaryocytes. ..."
5. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1919)
"An unusual number of these small important elements formed from the giant
cells—megakaryocytes—of the bone-marrow is the rule in myelogenous leukemia. ..."
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