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Megalocyte

Definition: Megalocyte

Megalocyte

Noun

1. Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Megalocyte \Meg"a*lo*cyte\, noun. [Megalo- Greek expression hollow vessel.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Megalocyte

Synonym: macrocyte (n). (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Megalocyte"

Words rhyming with "megalocyte" (pronounced 'Meg"a*lo*cyte'): leucocyte, microcyte, Phagocyte, Poikilocyte, spermatocyte. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Megalocyte

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-l-m-o-t-y"

-3 letters: acolyte, meltage.

-4 letters: acetyl, camlet, cleome, coatee, comate, comely, eaglet, gamely, gamete, gelate, gelato, gemote, gleamy, gleety, goatee, legacy, legate, legato, locate, meetly, metage, motley, mycele, oleate, omelet, otalgy, tamely, telega, telome.

-5 letters: aglee, aglet, agley, amole, atomy, cagey, camel, cameo, celom, cleat, coaly, comae, comal, comet, comte, cymae, cymol, eagle, eclat, elate.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-l-m-o-t-y"
 

+3 letters: geometrically, laryngectomee.

 

+4 letters: electromyogram, laryngectomees, laryngectomies.

 

+5 letters: electromyograms, electromyograph, geomagnetically, laryngectomized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Megalocyte


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 65 67 61 6C 6F 63 79 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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