macronormoblast

macronormoblast
1. A large normoblast. 2. A large, incompletely hemoglobiniferous, nucleated red blood cell with a “cart-wheel” nucleus.

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mac·ro·nor·mo·blast -'nȯr-mə-.blast n PRONORMOBLAST
mac·ro·nor·mo·blas·tic -.nȯr-mə-'blas-tik adj

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n.
an abnormal form of any of the cells (normoblast) that form a series of precursors of red blood cells. Macronormoblasts are unusually large but have normal nuclei (compare megaloblast); they are seen in certain anaemias in which red cell production is impaired.

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mac·ro·nor·mo·blast (mak″ro-norґmo-blast) macroblast.

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  • macronormoblast — n. an abnormal form of any of the cells (normoblasts) that form a series of precursors of red blood cells. Macronormoblasts are unusually large but have normal nuclei (compare megaloblast); they are seen in certain anaemias in which red cell… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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