megakaryocyte

American

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

noun

Cell Biology.

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

Other Word Forms

megakaryocytic adjective

Etymology

Origin of megakaryocyte

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

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Nature

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