megakaryocyte

American  

[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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Other Word Forms

• megakaryocytic adjective

Etymology

Origin of megakaryocyte

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.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

For each megakaryocyte, 2000–3000 platelets are formed with 150,000 to 400,000 platelets present in each cubic millimeter of blood.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Single-cell profiling of human megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors identifies distinct megakaryocyte and erythroid differentiation pathways.

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