promyelocyte

noun

pro·my·elo·cyte | \ (ˈ)prō-ˈmī-ə-lə-ˌsīt

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Medical Definition of promyelocyte

: a cell in bone marrow that is in an intermediate stage of development between a myeloblast and a myelocyte and has the characteristic granulations but lacks the specific staining reactions of a mature granulocyte of the blood

— called also premyelocyte, progranulocyte

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