metamyelocyte /meta·my·elo·cyte/ (-mi´il-o-sīt″) a precursor in the granulocytic series, being a cell intermediate in development between a promyelocyte and the mature, segmented (polymorphonuclear) granular leukocyte, and having a U-shaped nucleus.
metamyelocyte
met·a·my·el·o·cyte (m t  -m  -l-st)n. A transitional form of myelocyte having a nuclear construction intermediate between the mature myelocyte and the two-lobed granulocyte. Also called juvenile cell. |
metamyelocyte
[met′əmī′əlōsīt′]
Etymology: Gk, meta + myelos, marrow, kytos, cell
a stage in the development of the granulocyte series of leukocytes, between the myelocyte stage and the mature granulocyte. See also leukocyte, myeloblast, myelocyte.
metamyelocyte
a precursor in the granulocytic series, being a cell intermediate in development between a promyelocyte and the mature, segmented (polymorphonuclear) granular leukocyte, between the myelocyte and the band stage, and having a U-shaped nucleus.
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