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he·ma·to·blast

(hē'mă-tō-blast', hem'ă-),
Obsolete term for pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell.
[hemato- + G. blastos, germ]
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hematoblast

(hē′mə-tə-blăst′, hĭ-măt′ə-)
n.
An immature blood cell.
he′ma·to·blas′tic adj.
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he·ma·to·blast

(hē'mă-tō-blast)
A primordial, undifferentiated form of blood cell from which erythroblasts, lymphoblasts, myeloblasts, and other immature blood cells are derived; in normal bone marrow, present only in small numbers and difficult to identify in smears, because hematoblasts are fragile and easily disintegrated.
Synonym(s): hematocytoblast, haematoblast.
[hemato- + G. blastos, germ]
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