giant cell

noun

1. histology an exceptionally large cell, often possessing several nuclei, such as an osteoclast

Example Sentences

The indifferent cell may become enlarged into a giant-cell, and then contain numbers of whole or disintegrated red corpuscles.

From Project Gutenberg

The last of the five figures was taken from a giant cell containing at least twice the usual amount of chromatin.

From Project Gutenberg

Various forms assumed by the combined nucleolus and element x; last figure from a giant cell.

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