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Macrocyte vs Megalocyte - What's the difference?

macrocyte | megalocyte |

As nouns the difference between macrocyte and megalocyte

is that macrocyte is an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia while megalocyte is a large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.

macrocyte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia

    • megalocyte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
    • (Webster 1913)