band cell

band cell

any cell of the granulocytic (leukocytic) series that has a nucleus that could be described as a curved or coiled band, no matter how marked the indentation, if it does not completely segment the nucleus into lobes connected by a filament.

Synonym(s): band neutrophil, rod nuclear cell, Schilling band cell, stab cell, stab neutrophil, staff cell

band neutrophil

The formal term (recommended by the Histology Subcommittee of the International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee) for the immature or band form of neutrophil is granulocytus neutrophilicus juvenilis; the descriptive term band neutrophil is popular with many experts.

band cell

(band sel)

Any cell of the granulocytic (leukocytic) series that has a nucleus that could be described as a curved or coiled band, no matter how marked the indentation, if it does not completely segment the nucleus into lobes connected by a filament.
Synonym(s): stab cell, staff cell.

Schilling,

Victor Theodor Adolf Georg, German hematologist, 1883-1960.

Schilling band cell - any cell of the granulocytic (leukocytic) series that has a nucleus that could be described as a curved or coiled band. Synonym(s): band cell

Schilling blood count - a method of counting blood. Synonym(s): Schilling index

Schilling index - Synonym(s): Schilling blood count

Schilling type of monocytic leukemia