monoblasticadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈblastɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈblæstɪk/ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Monoblastic, relating to that condition of the metazoic ovum or embryo which immediately succeeds segmentation, in which a single germinal layer is alone represented.
2. Physiology. Of, relating to, or derived from a monoblast or monoblasts.
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1925 R. S. Cunningham et al. in Contrib. Embryol. Carnegie Inst. Washington 16 257 The monocyte may develop without the intermediation of the typical monoblastic form.
1930 Arch. Internal Med. 46 725 (table) Diagnosis ‘acute leukemia with marked proliferation and granulation (monoblastic-monocytic leukemia)’.
1956 Science 26 Oct. 812/3 Phase microscopy..aids in differentiating between monocytic leukemia and some monoblastic, or lymphocytic leukemias.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xix. 103/2 Raised levels of TC II occur in conditions where macrophages are stimulated, e.g...in some monocytic or monoblastic leukaemias.
1997 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 176 672 T. whippelii was passaged several times in deactivated monocytes and a monoblastic cell line.
3. Mycology. Of a conidiogenous cell: having a single locus of blastic conidium production.
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1971 M. B. Ellis Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes 333 Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, percurrent, integrated or discrete, subulate or cylindrical.
1996 Mycologia 88 1014 13/0 An expanded generic concept is introduced to include species with one or more of the following characteristics: synnematal conidiomata; monoblastic conidiogenous cells; schizolytic conidial secession; [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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