macrocyticadj.
/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmækroʊˈsɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Characterized by the presence of macrocytes; of the nature of or characteristic of a macrocyte.
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megaloblastic1900
haemolysed1916
sickled1923
hyperchromic1924
hypochromic1924
hyperchromatic1929
hypochromatic1929
macrocytic1930
spherocytic1937
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > blood corpuscle or plate > [adjective] > red cells or corpuscles
normoblastic1905
normocytic1911
siderocytic1922
microcytic1925
erythroid1927
macrocytic1930
sideroblastic1956
1930 Davidson & Gulland Pernicious Anæmia xi. 237 We would describe the condition as a macrocytic hæmolytic anæmia.
1930 M. M. Wintrobe in Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 1929–30 27 1072 The first and most obvious group [of anemias], which can be called macrocytic, includes the cases of pernicious anemia, sprue, and a case of pernicious anemia of pregnancy.
1932 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 56 551 Evidence that a normal red corpuscle could change into a macrocytic or a microcytic form.
1947 Radiology 49 289/2 Macrocytic anemias appeared in certain animals on chronic exposure to doses in the range under discussion.
1962 Lancet 1 Dec. 1142/2 The peripheral blood is not strikingly macrocytic.
1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) xxiii. 215 The size of the cells..can be microcytic, normacytic or macrocytic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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