ERYTHROBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythroblast mean? 

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

1. a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

embryonic cell; formative cell (a cell of an embryo)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "erythroblast"):

sideroblast (an erythroblast having granules of ferritin)

 Context examples 

Primitive blood cells derived from embryonic mesenchyme capable of differentiating into any of the blood cell line progenitor cells (erythroblasts, young granulocytic series cells, megakaryocytes, etc.)

(Murine Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Myeloproliferation involves both medullary and extramedullary proliferation of bone marrow constituents, such as erythroblasts, granulocytes, megakaryocytes, and fibroblasts.

(Myeloproliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

The production of erythroblasts and red cells is markedly decreased, and it may be associated with decreased production of granulocytes (granulocytopenia) and platelets (thrombocytopenia) as well.

(Aplastic Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Anemia characterized by the presence of unusually large erythroblasts in the bone marrow called megaloblasts.

(Megaloblastic Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell derived from a polychromatophilic erythroblast in bone marrow.

(Orthochromatophilic Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

BFU-E differentiate into CFU-E on stimulation by erythropoietin, and then further differentiate into erythroblasts when stimulated by other factors.

(Erythroid Stem Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The v-erbA oncogene potentiates cell transformation through inhibition of spontaneous differentiation of cells already transformed by the v-erbB gene and eliminates growth requirements of transformed erythroblasts.

(Oncogene ERB A, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of abnormally large nucleated erythroblasts in the bone marrow.

(Megaloblastoid Changes Present, NCI Thesaurus)

Primitive blood cells residing in the bone marrow, derived from embryonic mesenchyme, and capable of differentiating into any of the blood cell line progenitor cells (erythroblasts, young granulocytic series cells, megakaryocytes, etc.)

(Bone Marrow Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)