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lymphoblast
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lymphoblast /lym·pho·blast/ (lim´fo-blast) a morphologically immature lymphocyte, representing an activated lymphocyte that has been transformed in response to antigenic stimulation.lymphoblas´tic
lym·pho·blast (lmf-blst)
n.
An immature cell that gives rise to a lymphocyte. Also called lymphocytoblast.

lympho·blastic adj.

lymphoblast
[lim′fəblast′]
a large, immature cell that develops into a lymphocyte after an antigenic or mitogenic challenge. lymphoblastic, adj.

lymphoblast [lim´fo-blast]
a morphologically immature lymphocyte, once thought to represent an early stage in lymphocyte development but now known to be an activated lymphocyte that has been transformed in response to antigenic stimulation. adj., adj lymphoblas´tic.

lymphoblast
the immature, nucleolated precursor of the mature lymphocyte. Called also large lymphocyte.


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