polykaryocyticadj.
/ˌpɒlɪkarɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌkɛrioʊˈsɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or involving polykaryocytes.
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polykaryocytic1947
1947 Jrnl. Lab. & Clin. Med. 32 664 The concept of a polykaryocytic origin of the megakaryocyte has not received general acceptance.
1964 Biol. Abstr. 45 3106/2 Injection of confluent polykaryocytic cultures into chicks resulted in the appearance of sarcomas which contained transformed cells and polykaryocytes.
1977 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74 3914/1 The recovery of virus from isolated plaques that exhibited the polykaryocytic morphology.
1988 Acta Pathol., Microbiol. & Immunol. 96 635 (title) Comparative multinucleate giant cells in porcine dermatosis vegetans and other polykaryocytic conditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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