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myeloblast

American

[mahy-uh-luh-blast] / ˈmaɪ ə ləˌblæst /

noun

Cell Biology.

an immature myelocyte.

myeloblast British

/ ˈmaɪələʊˌblɑːst, ˌmaɪələʊˈblæstɪk /

noun

a cell that gives rise to a granulocyte, normally occurring in the bone marrow but detected in the blood in certain diseases, esp leukaemia

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Other Word Forms

myeloblastic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of myeloblast

First recorded in 1900–05; myelo- + -blast

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