megaloblastoid

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adjective

Relating to, or characterised by megaloblasts.

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Meanings

adjectivemegaloblastoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelating to, or characterised by megaloblasts.

    After induction II per AAML1031 high risk arm bone marrow morphologic examination showed megaloblastoid maturation with 7% blasts; however, flow cytometric analysis revealed normal antigen expression on all myeloid precursors and absence of the abnormal promyelocytic population identified earlier.

    2015 August 17, Kathleen Overholt et al., “Promyelocytic Leukemia with No Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha Abnormality but with RUNX1T1 Insertion to Chromosome 7q: A Classification and Management Dilemma”, in Case Reports in Hematology, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From megalo- + blastoid.

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