Usually means: Precursor cell for platelet production.
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  1. megakaryocyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. megakaryocyte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. megakaryocyte: Collins English Dictionary
  4. megakaryocyte: Vocabulary.com
  5. megakaryocyte: Wordnik
  6. megakaryocyte: Wiktionary
  7. megakaryocyte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. megakaryocyte: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. megakaryocyte: Dictionary.com
  10. Megakaryocyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. megakaryocyte: Rhymezone
  12. megakaryocyte: FreeDictionary.org
  13. megakaryocyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. megakaryocyte: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. megakaryocyte: Encyclopedia

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  1. megakaryocyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Megakaryocyte: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. megakaryocyte: Medical dictionary
  6. Megakaryocyte: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (megakaryocyte)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.

Similar:
megacaryocyte, megakaryoblast, megakaryocytopoiesis, megakaryothrombopoiesis, megakaryocytopoesis, megakaryogenesis, megalokaryocyte, erythromegakaryocyte, promegakaryocyte, proplatelet, more...

Opposite:
microcyte, small cell, mini-karyocyte

Adjectives:
mature, forming, granular, single, large, human, normal, immature, residual, unit, early

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Similar:
megacaryocyte, megakaryoblast, megakaryocytopoiesis, megakaryothrombopoiesis, megakaryocytopoesis, megakaryogenesis, megalokaryocyte, erythromegakaryocyte, promegakaryocyte, proplatelet, more...

Opposite:
microcyte, small cell, mini-karyocyte

Adjectives:
mature, forming, granular, single, large, human, normal, immature, residual, unit, early



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