SIDEROBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sideroblast mean? 

• SIDEROBLAST (noun)
  The noun SIDEROBLAST has 1 sense:

1. an erythroblast having granules of ferritin

  Familiarity information: SIDEROBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDEROBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An erythroblast having granules of ferritin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sideroblast" is a kind of...):

erythroblast (a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop)

 Context examples 

It is associated with the development of refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia, and refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia and ringed sideroblasts.

(Monosomy 5, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with the development of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with eosinophilia, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia, and refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia and ringed sideroblasts.

(Loss of Chromosome 7q, NCI Thesaurus)