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loading...| Preferred Name | megakaryocyte | |
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A large cell that has a lobulated nucleus, is found especially in the bone marrow, and is the source of blood platelets. A giant cell 50 to 100 micron in diameter, with a greatly lobulated nucleus, found in the bone marrow; mature blood platelets are released from its cytoplasm. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000556 |
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megakaryocyte |
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NCIt:C12553 |
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CL:0000556 |
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megakaryocyte |
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SNOMEDCT:23592000 |
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Tomasz Adamusiak James Malone |
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A large cell that has a lobulated nucleus, is found especially in the bone marrow, and is the source of blood platelets. A giant cell 50 to 100 micron in diameter, with a greatly lobulated nucleus, found in the bone marrow; mature blood platelets are released from its cytoplasm. |
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