megalocyte Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Meg"a*lo*cyte noun
Etymology
Megalo- + Gr. a hollow vessel.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anæmia.

Webster 1913