| megakaryocyte |
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noun
- (anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
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| meiosis |
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noun (plural meioses)
- (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it is
- 1965: I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt " I had told it with a curt that was meant to conceal depths; and she had called my bluff one final time. " John Fowles, The Magus
- (cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
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| melanocyte |
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noun
- a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin
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| membrane |
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noun (plural: membranes)
- A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
- A mechanical membrane, a thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
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| metaphase |
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noun
- the stage of mitosis and meiosis, that folows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated
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| mitochondrion |
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noun (mitochondria)
- (cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, contains genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
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| mitosis |
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noun (mitoses)
- (cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
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| monocyte |
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noun
- (immunology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiation, differentiates into a macrophage.
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| multicellular |
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adjective (wikipedia, multicellular organism)
- (biology, of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function.
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| myelocyte |
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noun
- a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature
- a cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord
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