- rhabdomyoblast
- Large round, spindle-shaped, or strap-shaped cells with deeply eosinophilic fibrillar cytoplasm that may show cross striations; found in some rhabdomyosarcomas. [rhabdo- + G. mys, muscle, + blastos, germ]
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rhab·do·myo·blast (rab″do-miґo-blast″) [rhabdo- + myoblast] the prototypic cell of rhabdomyosarcoma, containing an eccentric nucleus, eosinophilic cytoplasm, and sometimes cross striations resembling those of striated muscle; it may be round, spindle-shaped, or racquet-shaped (strap or tadpole cell). rhabdomyoblastic adj
Medical dictionary. 2011.