Megalocyte \Meg"a*lo*cyte\, n. [Megalo- + Gr. ? a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound an[ae]mia.
megalocyte n : abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) [syn: {macrocyte}]