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MACROCYTE

Dictionary entry overview: What does macrocyte mean?

• MACROCYTE (noun)
The noun MACROCYTE has 1 sense:

1. abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)

Familiarity information: MACROCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MACROCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

macrocyte ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

macrocyte; megalocyte

Hypernyms ("macrocyte" 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)

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