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What is a macrocyte?

What is a macrocyte? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (hematology) an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia
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Since the mean corpuscular volume is the same for the two samples it follows that the macrocyte must shrink more in the act of drying than does the normocyte.
The cancer-cell has been denominated macrocyte, from its large cyst-like cavity, and thnetoblast, or deadly germ.
The macrocyte is believed by many to represent a further stage in the development of the lymphocyte.
The commonest type he found to be the thin macrocyte which has the same volume as a normal erythrocyte but is flattened so that an increase in diameter is accompanied by a decrease in thickness.
I've learned things like the difference between a microcyte and a macrocyte, something about the coagulation cascade, and what a chemistry analyzer does.
Recently the macrocytosis has been described as being of three types, the thin macrocyte, the thick macrocyte, and the target macrocyte.

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