myeloblasticadj.
/ˌmʌɪələ(ʊ)ˈblastɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪəloʊˈblæstɪk/ Histology and Pathology.
Of, relating to, or consisting of myeloblasts. Esp. in myeloblastic leukaemia.
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1916 L. F. Barker Monogr. Med. III. 214 The cells of these myeloblastic proliferations.
1924 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 40 845 (heading) Studies on the maturation of myeloblasts into myelocytes and on amitotic cell division in the peripheral blood in subacute myeloblastic leucemia.
1938 H. Downey Handbk. Hematol. III. xxv. 2014 They [sc. the cells] are clearly of the myeloblastic type.
1980 Lancet 19 Jan. 127/2 It has been argued that terminal myeloblastic leukaemia may be as much related to therapy as part of the natural history of the disease.
2001 Cytokine 14 347 Biological activity of the recombinant protein was demonstrated using the murine myeloblastic cell line GNFS-60.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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