Essentials – Megaloblastic Anemia

Megaloblast. Now there’s a word you don’t hear every day. The root -blast comes from the Greek blastos, meaning “germ” or “bud,” and is familiar from terms like blast cells—very young hematopoietic precursor cells. Megalo- comes from the Greek megas, meaning “large” or “great,” as in splenomegaly. So is a megaloblast simply a large, immature cell? Not quite. ... Show More