premyelocyte


pro·my·e·lo·cyte

(prō-mī'ĕ-lō-sīt'), 1. The developmental stage of a granular leukocyte between the myeloblast and myelocyte, when a few specific granules appear in addition to azurophilic ones. 2. A large uninuclear cell occurring in the circulating blood of persons with myelocytic leukemia. Synonym(s): premyelocyte, progranulocyte [pro- + G. myelos, marrow, + kytos, cell]

pro·my·e·lo·cyte

(prō-mī'ĕ-lō-sīt) 1. The developmental stage of a granular leukocyte between the myeloblast and myelocyte, when a few specific granules appear in addition to azurophilic ones. 2. A large mononuclear cell of bone marrow representing an undifferentiated stage in the development of a granulocyte, between myeloblast and myelocyte; contains only a few undifferentiated cytoplasmic granules; rare in circulating blood except in myelocytic leukemias.
Synonym(s): premyelocyte, progranulocyte. [pro- + G. myelos, marrow, + kytos, cell]

premyelocyte

(prē-mī′ĕl-ō-sīt) [″ + ″ + kytos, cell] The cell that is the immediate precursor of a myelocyte.