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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. 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 .

  4. Myeloblast - Wikipedia

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    A comprehensive diagram of human hematopoiesis. Granulopoiesis consists of 5 stages, in which the myeloblast is the first recognizable cell. Next in the differentiation sequence is the monoblast and the promyelocyte, which can develop into one of three different precursor cells: the neutrophilic, basophilic or eosinophilic myelocyte.

  5. Lymphoblast - Wikipedia

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    The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Consortium defines a lymphoblast as "A lymphocyte that has become larger after being stimulated by an antigen. Lymphoblasts look like immature lymphocytes, and were once thought to be precursor cells." [4] Commonly, when speaking about leukemia, "blast" is used as an abbreviation for lymphoblasts.

  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. Progenitor cell - Wikipedia

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    Both cells later produce one or two neural cells (N). A progenitor cell is a biological cell that can differentiate into a specific cell type. Stem cells and progenitor cells have this ability in common. However, stem cells are less specified than progenitor cells. Progenitor cells can only differentiate into their "target" cell type. [1]

  8. Myeloid tissue - Wikipedia

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    Those cells' differentiation (that is, lymphopoiesis) is not complete until they migrate to lymphatic organs such as the spleen and thymus for programming by antigen challenge. Thus, among leukocytes , the term myeloid is associated with the innate immune system , in contrast to lymphoid , which is associated with the adaptive immune system .

  9. 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.