megakaryocyte

[meg-uh-kar-ee-uh-sahyt]

noun

Cell Biology.

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

Other Word Forms

• megakaryocytic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of megakaryocyte¹

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

Example Sentences

"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.

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This study was one of the first to provide evidence of an HSC differentiation bias along the megakaryocyte–platelet lineage.

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