macrocyte

cell

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pernicious anemia

  • In pernicious anemia: Pathophysiology

    …large red blood cells called macrocytes; they reach the circulation but function abnormally. A deficiency of white blood cells (leukopenia) and platelets (thrombocytopenia) in the blood may occur.

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reticulocyte, non-nucleated stage in the development of the red blood cell, just before full maturity is reached. The cell is named for strands or a network of internal material that stains with a base. It develops from normoblasts in the red marrow and may be freed to the circulation before maturity. See also erythrocyte.

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