SINCE 1828
medulloblast
noun
me·dul·lo·blast
| \ mə-ˈdəl-ə-ˌblast
, ˈmej-ə-lə-
\
, ˈmej-ə-lə-
\
Medical Definition of medulloblast
: a primitive undifferentiated nerve cell of the neural tube that is capable of developing into either a neuroblast or a spongioblast and that is found in medulloblastomas
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