promyelocyte
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editpromyelocyte (plural promyelocytes)
- A granulocyte precursor, developing from the myeloblast and developing into the myelocyte.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), pages 407–408:
- 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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editgranulocyte
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