pheochromoblast

pheochromoblast
A primitive chromaffin cell that, with sympathetoblasts, enters into the formation of the adrenal gland. [G. phaios, dusky, + chroma, color, + blastos, germ]

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pheo·chro·mo·blast or Brit phaeo·chro·mo·blast .fē-ō-'krō-mə-.blast n an embryonic cell destined to give rise to chromaffin tissue esp. of the adrenal medulla

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pheo·chro·mo·blast (fe″o-kroґmo-blast) any of the embryonic structures that develop into chromaffin (pheochrome) cells.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • pheochromoblast — pheo·chro·mo·blast …   English syllables

  • pheochromoblast — …   Useful english dictionary

  • phaeochrome — phaeochrome, phaeochromoblast, phaeochromocyte, phaeochromocytoma, phaeophorbide, phaeophytin Brit var of PHEOCHROME, PHEOCHROMOBLAST, PHEOCHROMOCYTE, PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA, PHEOPHORBIDE …   Medical dictionary

  • pheochromocytoblast — noun see pheochromoblast …   Useful english dictionary

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