What is "megalocyte"

Megalocyte \Meg"a*lo*cyte\, n. [Megalo- + Gr. ? a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A large, flattened red blood cell corpuscle having no nucleus, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound an[ae]mia.

n. (context physiology English) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.

n. abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) [syn: macrocyte]