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melanoblast /mel·a·no·blast/ (mel´ah-no-blast″) a cell that originates from the neural crest and develops into a melanocyte.

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A precursor cell of a melanocyte or melanophore.

mela·no·blastic adj.

melanoblast

[mel′ənōblast′]

Etymology: Gk, melas, black, blastos, germ

an epithelial tissue cell containing black granules. It develops into a melanocyte from the neural crest and migrates to various parts of the body during the early stages of embryonic life before becoming a mature melanocyte capable of forming melanin.

melanoblast [mel´ah-no-blast″]

a cell that develops into a melanocyte.

melanoblast

a cell that develops into a melanocyte.

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melanoblast (redirected from melanoblastic)

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