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MEGAKARYOCYTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
megakaryocyte (a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets)
Derivation:
megakaryocyte (a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets)
Context examples:
A clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder, characterized by proliferation in the bone marrow of one or more of the myeloid (i.e., granulocytic, erythroid, megakaryocytic, and mast cell) lineages.
(Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A myelodysplastic syndrome characterized by neutropenia or thrombocytopenia and dysplasia restricted to neutrophil or megakaryocytic cell lines.
(Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Unclassifiable, NCI Thesaurus)
Bone marrow cells are less than 50% erythroid cells; Bone marrow cells are less than 50% megakaryocytic cells; Comprised predominantly of granulocytic and/or monocytic cells and their precursors; NOT (greater than 90% immature forms/blasts in bone marrow AND bi-phenotypic)
(Mouse Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
