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Hematology

The science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blood-producing organs.

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mean corpuscular hemoglobin (mch)

Health care; Hematology

The average amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cell.

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (mhc)

Health care; Hematology

The average percent hemoglobin saturation in the red blood cell.

mean corpuscular volume (mcv)

Health care; Hematology

The volume of the average red blood cell.

megakaryoblast

Health care; Hematology

The parent cell of the megakaryocytic series.

megakaryocyte

Health care; Hematology

An extremely large cell with an irregular lobed, ring or doughnut-shaped nucleus that stains blue-purple. The cytoplasm is abundant, light blue and is packed with fine azurophilic granules. This cell ...

megaloblast

Health care; Hematology

The type of red cell precursor found in pernicious anemia. This differs from the normal erythrocyte precursor (normoblast) in that the megaloblast is larger and the nuclear chromatin has a fine ...

m.e. ratio

Health care; Hematology

The ratio of myeloid to erythroid cells in the bone marrow.

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