has characteristic develops from develops from megakaryocyte progenitor cell megakaryocyte megalocaryocyte FMA:83555 CALOHA:TS-0611 A large hematopoietic cell (50 to 100 micron) with a lobated nucleus. Once mature, this cell undergoes multiple rounds of endomitosis and cytoplasmic restructuring to allow platelet formation and release. BTO:0000843 megacaryocyte megalokaryocyte myeloid cell erythroid lineage cell euploid