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Blast cells

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Blast cells
Blood cells in early stage of cellular development.
Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation
blast
1. an immature stage in cellular development before appearance of the definitive characteristics of the cell; used also as a word termination, as in ameloblast, etc.
2. the wave of air pressure produced by the detonation of high-explosive bombs or shells or by other explosions; it causes pulmonary damage and hemorrhage (lung blast, blast chest), laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured eardrums, and effects in the central nervous system.
blast cells
the precursor cells of bone marrow. See also myeloblast, monoblast, erythroblast, megakaryoblast.
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