macrocyte noun. ['makrǝ(ʊ)sʌɪt] L19.
[from MACRO- + -CYTE.]
Medicine. An abnormally large red blood cell found in some forms of anaemia.

■ macrocytic [-'sɪtɪk] adjective of the nature of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a macrocyte; characterized by the presence of macrocytes: M20.

■ macrocytosis [-sʌɪ'tǝʊsɪs] noun the presence of macrocytes in the blood L19.

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