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megakaryocyte
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000556
Megakaryocytes are reportedly CD181-positive and CD182-positive.
Term info
Label
megakaryocyte
definition
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.
has exact synonym
megalocaryocyte, megacaryocyte, megalokaryocyte
has obo namespace
cell
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
Subclass of:
- bone marrow hematopoietic cell
- myeloid cell
- bearer of some euploid
- develops from some megakaryocyte progenitor cell