promyelocyte

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ myelocyte.

Noun

promyelocyte (plural promyelocytes)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• promyelocytic

Translations

granulocyte

• Spanish: promielocito m