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myelocyte
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my·e·lo·cyte  (m-l-st)
n.
A large cell of the bone marrow that is a precursor of the mature granulocyte of the blood.
mye·lo·cytic (-stk) adj.
myelocyte [ˈmaɪələʊˌsaɪt]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) an immature granulocyte, normally occurring in the bone marrow but detected in the blood in certain diseases
myelocytic  [ˌmaɪələʊˈsɪtɪk] adj
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Noun1.myelocyte - an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow
leucocyte, leukocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle - blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
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