myeloblast
nounUK /ˈmaɪələʊblɑːst/
US /ˈmaɪəloʊblæst/
A young cell in your bone marrow that grows up to become a white blood cell.
The doctor looked at the myeloblast under the microscope to check the blood.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A precursor cell in the granulocyte line of blood cells.
Myeloblasts mature into promyelocytes during normal blood cell development.
3. An abnormal cell type seen in excess in certain types of leukemia.
The blood test showed too many myeloblasts, which led to further testing.
4. A cell that can be identified by its large nucleus and small amount of cytoplasm.
Under the microscope, the myeloblast had a big round nucleus.