NEUROBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroblast mean? 

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

1. a cell from which a nerve cell develops

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell from which a nerve cell develops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes artemin protein, is involved in both the morphogenesis of Peyer patches and neuroblast proliferation.

(ARTN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The latter include astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells, neuroblasts, and olfactory receptor cells.

(Neuroepithelial Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes glial cells, neuroblasts, and olfactory cells.

(Neuroepithelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroblastoma in which the differentiating neuroblasts constitute more than five-percent of the tumor cells.

(Differentiating Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients of any age with stroma-rich tumors and no nodular pattern; or patients younger than 18 months with stroma-poor tumors, a mitosis-karyorrhexis index of less than 200, and differentiated or undifferentiated neuroblasts; or patients younger than 60 months with stroma-poor tumors, a mitosis-karyorrhexis index of less than 100, and well-differentiated neuroblasts.

(Favorable Shimada Classification, NCI Thesaurus)