promyelocyte
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promyelocyte
[pro-mi´ĕ-lo-sīt″]a precursor in the granulocytic series, intermediate between myeloblast and myelocyte, containing a few undifferentiated cytoplasmic granules.
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pro·my·e·lo·cyte
(prō-mī'ĕ-lō-sīt'),1. The developmental stage of a granular leukocyte between the myeloblast and myelocyte, when a few specific granules appear in addition to azurophilic ones.
2. A large uninuclear cell occurring in the circulating blood of persons with myelocytic leukemia.
Synonym(s): premyelocyte, progranulocyte
[pro- + G. myelos, marrow, + kytos, cell]
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promyelocyte
(prō-mī′ə-lə-sīt′)n.
A cell containing a few granules that develops from a myeloblast and develops into a myelocyte during the differentiation of a granulocyte.
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pro·my·e·lo·cyte
(prō-mī'ĕ-lō-sīt)1. The developmental stage of a granular leukocyte between the myeloblast and myelocyte, when a few specific granules appear in addition to azurophilic ones.
2. A large mononuclear cell of bone marrow representing an undifferentiated stage in the development of a granulocyte, between myeloblast and myelocyte; contains only a few undifferentiated cytoplasmic granules; rare in circulating blood except in myelocytic leukemias.
Synonym(s): premyelocyte, progranulocyte.
Synonym(s): premyelocyte, progranulocyte.
[pro- + G. myelos, marrow, + kytos, cell]
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promyelocyte
(pro-mi'el-o-sit) [Gr. pro, before, + myelos, marrow, + kytos, cell]1. A large mononuclear myeloid cell seen in the blood in leukemia.
2. Cell development between a myeloblast and a myelocyte, resembling a myeloblast. Synonym: progranulocyte See: illustration
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