Erythroblast/Definition

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Erythroblast [r]: 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.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Erythroblast (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.