Medical term:
normoblastic
normoblast
[nor´mo-blast]a nucleated precursor cell in the erythrocytic series, specifically one in a normal course of erythrocyte maturation, as opposed to a megaloblast. The four developmental stages of the series are called pronormoblasts or proerythroblasts, basophilic normoblasts or erythroblasts, polychromatophilic (or polychromatic) normoblasts or erythroblasts, and orthochromatic normoblasts or erythroblasts. adj., adj normoblas´tic.
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nor·mo·blast
(nōr'mō-blast),A nucleated red blood cell, the immediate precursor of a normal erythrocyte in humans. Its four stages of development are: 1) pronormoblast, 2) basophilic normoblast, 3) polychromatic normoblast, and 4) orthochromatic normoblast See: erythroblast.
[normo- + G. blastos, sprout, germ]
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nor·mo·blast
(nōr'mō-blast)A nucleated red blood cell, the immediate precursor of a normal erythrocyte in humans. Its four stages of development are: 1) pronormoblast, 2) basophilic normoblast, 3) polychromatic normoblast, and 4) orthochromatic normoblast.
See also: erythroblast
See also: erythroblast
[normo- + G. blastos, sprout, germ]
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normoblast
A nucleated red blood cell precursor showing the features of normal red cell development, as distinct from those of the MEGALOBLAST.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
nor·mo·blast
(nōr'mō-blast)A nucleated red blood cell, the immediate precursor of a normal erythrocyte in humans.
[normo- + G. blastos, sprout, germ]
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