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megakaryocyte

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[meg-uh-kar-ee-uh-sahyt] / ˌmɛg əˈkær i əˌsaɪt /

noun

Cell Biology.
  1. a large bone-marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus, regarded as the source of blood platelets.


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Origin of megakaryocyte

First recorded in 1885–90; mega- + karyo- + -cyte

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"From our expertise, we can ask the questions of how to target the hematopoietic stem cell and now the megakaryocyte progenitor, which has never really been highlighted before as a place to target," Poscablo said.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Inflammation-induced emergency megakaryopoiesis driven by hematopoietic stem cell-like megakaryocyte progenitors.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

Identification of unipotent megakaryocyte progenitors in human hematopoiesis.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

A platelet is not a cell but rather a fragment of the cytoplasm of a cell called a megakaryocyte that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Following platelet release, megakaryocyte remnants, which are little more than a cell nucleus, are consumed by macrophages.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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