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ru·bri·cyte 'rü-bri-.sīt n an immature red blood cell that has a nucleus, is about half the size of developing red blood cells in preceding stages, and has cytoplasm that stains erratically blue, purplish, and gray due to the presence of hemoglobin: polychromatic normoblast* * *
ru·bri·cyte (rooґbrĭ-sīt) [L. rubrum red + -cyte] polychromatophilic erythroblast.
Medical dictionary. 2011.