promyelocyte /pro·my·elo·cyte/ (-mi´il-o-sīt″) a precursor in the granulocytic series, intermediate between myeloblast and myelocyte, containing a few, as yet undifferentiated, cytoplasmic granules.promyelocyt´ic
promyelocyte
pro·my·e·lo·cyte (pr -m   -l-st )n. A cell containing a few granules formed in the transition from myeloblast to myelocyte during the development of a granulocyte; it is the predominant cell type seen in granulocytic leukemia. Also called granular leukoblast, progranulocyte. |
promyelocyte
[prōmī′ələsīt′]
a large mononuclear blood cell that contains a single regular, symmetric nucleus and a few undifferentiated cytoplasmic granules. As an intermediate stage in development between a myeloblast and a myelocyte, promyelocyte in the circulating blood is indicative of leukemia.
promyelocyte
a precursor in the granulocytic series, intermediate between myeloblast and myelocyte, containing a few, as yet undifferentiated, cytoplasmic granules.
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