MEGALOBLAST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("megaloblast" is a kind of...):

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

Derivation:

megaloblastic (of or relating to megaloblasts)

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