- colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage
- (CFU-GM) a precursor cell in the granulocytic series that can grow into a myeloblast in the presence of appropriate stimulators in vitro. Called also colony forming u.–culture.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage
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