Definitions

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  • noun A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.

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  • noun a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow

Etymologies

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mono- + -blast

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Examples

  • In acute monoblastic leukemia, the leukemia cell, the monoblast, is the precursor of the monocyte, another type of infection-fighting white blood cell.

    Leukemia - Diagnosis and Treatment 2005

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