erythroblast

e·ryth·ro·blast

 (ĭ-rĭth′rə-blăst′)

n.

Any of the nucleated cells normally found only in bone marrow that are precursors of erythrocytes.

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[German Erythroblast : erythro-, erythro- (from Greek eruthros, red; see erythro-) + -blast, -blast (from Greek blastos, bud, germ; see -blast).]

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e·ryth′ro·blas′tic adj.

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erythroblast

(ɪˈrɪθrəʊˌblæst)

n

(Physiology) a nucleated cell in bone marrow that develops into an erythrocyte

eˌrythroˈblastic adj

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e•ryth•ro•blast

(ɪˈrɪθ rəˌblæst)

n.

a nucleated cell in the bone marrow from which a red blood cell develops.

[1885–90]

e•ryth`ro•blas′tic, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

erythroblast - a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop embryonic cell, formative cell - a cell of an embryo sideroblast - an erythroblast having granules of ferritin

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Translations

e·ryth·ro·blast

n. eritroblasto, hematíe, glóbulo rojo primitivo.

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