Medical term:

sideroblasts



sideroblast

 [sid´er-o-blast″]
an erythroblast containing ferritin granules in its cytoplasm. adj., adj sideroblas´tic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

sid·er·o·blast

(sid'ĕr-ō-blast'),
An erythroblast containing granules of ferritin stained by the Prussian blue reaction.
[sidero- + G. blastos, germ]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sideroblast

An erythroblast with iron granules (Pappenheimer bodies) seen in bone marrow by Prussian blue or Perl stains, which highlight iron.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

sid·er·o·blast

(sid'ĕr-ō-blast)
An erythroblast containing granules of ferritin stained by the Prussian blue reaction.
[sidero- + G. blastos, germ]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

sideroblast

A developing red blood cell with free iron granules in its CYTOPLASM. This is normal. Iron granules in the MITOCHONDRIA and forming a ring around the nucleus are characteristic of SIDEROBLASTIC ANAEMIA.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005


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