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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    blast-germinate or bud Greek βλαστός (blastós) blastomere: blephar(o)-of or pertaining to the eyelid Greek βλέφαρον (blépharon), eyelid blepharoplasty: brachi(o)-of or relating to the arm Latin bracchium, from Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn), arm brachium of inferior colliculus: brachy-indicating 'short' or less commonly 'little'

  3. The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

  4. Precursor cell - Wikipedia

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    In cell biology, precursor cells—also called blast cells—are partially differentiated, or intermediate, and are sometimes referred to as progenitor cells. A precursor cell is a stem cell with the capacity to differentiate into only one cell type, meaning they are unipotent stem cells .

  5. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").

  6. Megakaryoblast - Wikipedia

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    A megakaryoblast (from mega- 'large' karyo- 'cell nucleus' and -blast 'precursor cell') is a precursor cell to a promegakaryocyte. During thrombopoiesis, the promegakaryocyte matures into the form of a megakaryocyte. From the megakaryocyte, platelets are formed. [1]

  7. Blastoma - Wikipedia

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    Cytology of a precursor (blast) cell, with features often seen even after partial differentiation into any of the more specific cell types. Wright's stain. A blastoma is a type of cancer, more common in children, that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells, often called blasts.

  8. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    squamous cell carcinoma: SCD: sequential compression device sickle-cell disease sudden cardiac death SCI: spinal cord injury: SCID: severe combined immunodeficiency: SCIWORA: spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality: SCLC: small cell lung cancer: SCN: severe congenital neutropenia sickle cell nephropathy superior cluneal nerves ...

  9. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .