monoblast /mono·blast/ (mon´o-blast) the earliest precursor in the monocytic series, which matures to develop into the promocyte.
monoblast
mon·o·blast (m n  -bl st )n. An immature cell that develops into a monocyte. |
monoblast
[mon′əblast]
Etymology: Gk, monos, single, blastos, germ
an immature monocyte. Increased production of monoblasts in the marrow and the presence of these forms in the peripheral circulation occur in certain leukemias and tuberculosis. Compare megaloblast, myeloblast. See also bone marrow, leukocyte. monoblastic, adj.
monoblast
the earliest precursor arising from a committed stem cell in the monocytic series, which develops into the promonocyte.
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