| megalocyte | (n) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia), Syn. macrocyte |
| Megalocyte | n. [ Megalo- + Gr. &unr_; 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 anaemia. [ 1913 Webster ] |