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

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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.

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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.

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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

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