Medical Definition of Haematocytoblast

1. A blood cell derived from embryonic mesenchyme, characterised by basophilic cytoplasm and a relatively large nucleus with a spongy, loose network of chromatin and several nucleoli; mitochondria are extremely fine and delicate. Haemocytoblasts represent the primitive stem cells of the monophyletic theory of the origin of blood and have the potentiality of developing into erythroblasts, young forms of the granulocytic series, megakaryocytes, etc. Synonym: haematocytoblast, haemoblast. Origin: haemo-+ G. Kytos, cell, + blastos, germ (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haematocytoblast

haematochezia
haematochlorin
haematochrome
haematochyluria
haematocoele
haematocrit
haematocrits
haematocrya
haematocryal
haematocrystallin
haematocyst
haematocystis
haematocyte
haematocytoblast (current term)
haematocytolysis
haematocytometer
haematocytopenia
haematocytozoon
haematocyturia
haematodocha
haematodynamometer
haematodyscrasia
haematodystrophy
haematogenesis
haematogenetic
haematogenetic calculus
haematogenic
haematogenous

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