MEGAKARYOCYTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megakaryocytic mean? 

• MEGAKARYOCYTIC (adjective)
  The adjective MEGAKARYOCYTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells

  Familiarity information: MEGAKARYOCYTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGAKARYOCYTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

megakaryocyte (a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets)

Derivation:

megakaryocyte (a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets)

 Context examples 

An acute myeloid leukemia in which at least 50% of the blasts are of megakaryocytic lineage.

(Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

FGF6 exhibits strong mitogenic and angiogenic properties and may be expressed by cells with platelet/megakaryocytic differentiation potential.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor 6, NCI Thesaurus)

It may result from decreased proliferation of all or part of the hematopoietic series (erythroid, myeloid, and megakaryocytic).

(Hypocellular Bone Marrow, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes transcription factor NF-E2 45 kDa subunit protein, is involved in erythroid and megakaryocytic differentiation and hemoglobin metabolic processes.

(NFE2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Activation of TPO-R leads to the proliferation and differentiation of cells in the megakaryocytic lineage and an increase in platelet production.

(Eltrombopag olamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm that involves primarily the megakaryocytic lineage.

(Essential thrombocythemia, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes CD226 antigen protein, plays a role in cellular adhesion of platelets and megakaryocytic cells.

(CD226 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects infants and children and usually shows megakaryocytic maturation.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Megakaryoblastic) with t(1;22)(p13;q13); RBM15-MKL1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in cellular adhesion of platelets and megakaryocytic cells and megakaryocytic cell maturation.

(CD226 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in megakaryocytic cell maturation.

(CD226 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)