myelocyte
See also: myélocyte
English
Etymology
From myelo-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -cyte (“cell”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “container, receptacle”).
Noun
myelocyte (plural myelocytes)
- a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature
- a cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord