Medical Dictionary

promyelocyte

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

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
pro·my·elo·cyt·ic \(ˌ)prō-ˌmī-ə-lə-ˈsit-ik\ adjective
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