Promyelocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A granulocyte precursor, developing from the myeloblast and developing into the myelocyte.

    "Normal promyelocytes are loaded with toxic enzymes and granules that are usually released by adult white blood cells to kill viruses, bacteria, and parasites."

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"Normal promyelocytes are loaded with toxic enzymes and granules that are usually released by adult white blood cells to kill viruses, bacteria, and parasites."

Etymology

From pro- + myelocyte.

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