Medical term:
hemocytoblasts
hematopoietic stem cell
A progenitor cell in the bone marrow that can replicate itself as well as produce precursor cells of the various blood cell lineages.
See also: cell
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Hematopoietic stem cell
A cell that can develop into any type of specialized blood cell.
Mentioned in: Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
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