pheochromoblast
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pheochromoblast
[fe″o-kro´mo-blast]any of the embryonic structures that develop into chromaffin(pheochrome) cells.
phe·o·chro·mo·blast
(fē'ō-krō'mō-blast),A primordial chromaffin cell that, with sympathetoblasts, enters into the formation of the adrenal gland.
[G. phaios, dusky, + chrōma, color, + blastos, germ]