Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large bone marrow cell;
regarded as the source of blood platelets;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
megakaryocyte \meg`a*kar"y*o*cyte\
(m[e^]g`[.a]*k[a^]r"[i^]*[-o]*s[imac]t) n. (Anat.)
A large bone marrow cell not usually found in the circulating
blood; it is regarded as the precursors of blood platelets;
it is up to 100 [mu]m in diameter, with a polyploid nucleus.
Also referred to as megacaryocyte, megalokaryocyte, and
thromboblast.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
megakaryocyte
n 1: a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood
platelets