megalocyte
/ˈmɛɡələ(ʊ)sʌɪt/ /ˈmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)sʌɪt/Pathology
noun
1An abnormally large erythrocyte; = macrocyte. Now rare.
2Any of various other types of enlarged cell; especially an enlarged hepatocyte, typical of pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of livestock.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Science. From megalo- + -cyte.
- Rothian
- Roth IRA
- Rothko, Mark
- Roth, Philip
- Rothschild, Meyer Amschel
- roti
- roti canai
- rotifer
- Rotifera
- rotiform
- rotini
- roti parata
- roti paratha
- roti prata
- roti pratha
- rotiss
- rotisse
- rotisserie
- rotisserie league
- haemolymph
- haemolysis
- haemolytic
- haemolytic disease of the newborn
- haemophilia
- haemophiliac