MEGAKARYOCYTE -
Noun: A large cell in the bone marrow responsible for the formation of platelets.

This is a picture of a Megakaryocyte in bone marrow with some red blood cells.

Greek - mégas = great +

Greek - karyo = nut or kernal +

-cyte = a cell from Greek - kytos = anything hollow

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