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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
2. 2
   abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

macrocyte

Etymology

From megalo- + -cyte.

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