Cell
erythroblast Audio
e·ryth·ro·blast [ ih-rith-ruh-blast ]
Subclass of:
Erythroid Precursor Cells
Etymology:
Greek erythros = red + blastos = germ
Definitions related to erythroblasts:
  • An immature, nucleated erythrocyte occupying the stage of erythropoiesis that follows formation of erythroid progenitor cells and precedes formation of reticulocytes.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Immature, nucleated ERYTHROCYTES occupying the stage of ERYTHROPOIESIS that follows formation of ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELLS and precedes formation of RETICULOCYTES. The normal series is called normoblasts. Cells called MEGALOBLASTS are a pathologic series of erythroblasts.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (nucleated red blood cell) Red blood cells that are at the last stage of development, still containing a nucleus, that are found in the bone marrow and occasionally in the peripheral blood.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Erythroblast, nucleated cell occurring in red marrow as a stage or stages in the development of the red blood cell, or erythrocyte.
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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