mega colon

(meg-ak-o'lon). Same as giant-colon. See under colon. m. congen’itum, congenital dilatation of the colon. megacoly (meg-ak’o-le). of the colon. megadont (meg’ad-ont) [Gr. μέγας large + ὀδούς tooth]. Having large teeth. megadyne (meg’ad-in) (Gr. péyas great + dyne]. A million dynes. megagamete (meg-ag-am’ét). gamete. megakaryocyte (meg-ah-kar’e-o-sit) (Gr. μέγας large + κάρυον nucleus + xbros cell]. A cell with a large nucleus, as the giant-cells of bone-marrow. megalakria (meg-al-ak’re-ah) [Gr. μέγας large + extremity]. Acromegaly. me gal erythema (meg-al-er-ith-e’mah). with swelling of the part. megalgia (meg-al’je-ah) [Gr. μέγας large + ἄλγος pain]. Severe pain, as in muscular rheumatism. megaloblast (meg’al-o-blast) |Gr. μέγας large + λαστός germ]. An erythroblast or primitive red lood-corpuscle in its earliest stage, consisting of a homogeneous cytoplasm with a relatively large nucleus with granular chromatin. They have been called ichthyoid cells, because they are just like the red blood-cells of fishes. Cf. erythroblast and norm oblast. megalocardia (meg-al-o-kar'de-ah) (Gr. péyas large + καρδία heart]. Hypertrophy of the heart. ocephalia, megalocephaly (meg’’al-o-sefa‘le-ah, meg’‘al-o-sef’al-e) [Gr. μέγας + κεφαλή head). 1. Unusually large size of the head. 2. Progre ive enlargement of the bones of the head, face, and neck; leontiasis o ea. megalocephalic (meg’al-o-sef-al’ik). Same as megace phalic. meogalocoly (meg-al-ok’o-le). Same as megacoly. megalocornea, (meg’al-o-kor’ne-ah) (Gr. μέγας large + cornea]. An enlarged or bulging cornea. mogalocyte (meg’al-o-sit) (Gr. μέγας large + xbros cell]. Same as megaloblast and macrocyle. mogalocytosis (meg’’al-o-si-to’sis). Same as macrocylosis. megalodactylia, megalodactylism (meg’’al-odak-til’e-ah, meg’’al-o-dak’til-izm). | Abnormal largene of fingers or toes. megalodactylous (meg’’al-o-dak’til-us) (Gr. μέγας great + δάκτυλος digit]. Having unusually large fingers and toes. mega log a stria (meg’al-o-gas’tre-ah) [Gr. μέγας great + ‘yaornp stomach]. Enlargement or abeormally large size of the stomach. Increase in the caliber Same as macro- Erythema