neuroblastn.
/ˈnjʊərəblɑːst/, /ˈnjʊərəblast/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊrəˌblæst/ Embryology and Pathology.
An embryonic or poorly differentiated neuron.
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reticular cell1832
torula1833
reserve cell1842
subcell1844
parenchyma cell1857
pedicel cell1858
nettle cell1870
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prickle cell1872
angioblast1875
palisade cell1875
sextant1875
spindle cell1876
neuroblast1878
body cell1879
plasma cell1882
reticulum cell1882
stem cell1885
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basal cell1889
pole cell1890
myelocyte1891
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precursor1895
nurse cell1896
amacrine1900
statocyte1900
mononuclear1903
oat cell1903
myeloblast1904
trochoblast1904
adipocyte1906
polynuclear1906
fibrocyte1911
akaryote1920
Rouget cell1922
Sternberg–Reed1922
amphicyte1925
monoblast1925
pericyte1925
promyelocyte1925
pituicyte1930
agamete1932
sympathogonia1934
athrocyte1938
progenitor1938
Reed–Sternberg cell1939
submarginal1941
delta cell1942
mastocyte1947
squame1949
podocyte1954
transformed cell1956
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spheroplast1958
pinealocyte1961
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proheterocyst1970
myofibroblast1971
cybrid1974
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nerve vesicle1839
brain cell1848
stellate cell1870
Purkinje cell1872
neuroblast1878
touch cell1878
Golgi('s) cell1892
memory cell1892
astrocyte1896
astroblast1897
motor neuron1897
cytochrome1898
stichochrome1899
monaxon1900
basket cell1901
relay neuron1903
internuncial neuron1906
sheath cell1906
motoneuron1908
adjustor1909
satellite1912
microglia1924
oligodendroglia1924
sympathicoblast1927
pituicyte1930
oligodendrocyte1932
sympathoblast1934
sympathogonia1934
interneuron1938
Renshaw cell1954
1878 C. O. Whitman in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 18 267 In 15–20 minutes more this cleavage completes itself cutting off about one-third of the original blastomere as the primary neuroblast.
1897 19th Cent. July 25 The embryonal nerve-cell (neuroblast) will be simply an oval sac.
1910 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 12 556 The essential cells of the tumor are considered to be more or less undifferentiated nerve cells or neurocytes or neuroblasts.
1941 O. A. Johannsen & F. H. Butt Embryol. Insects & Myriapods xv. 242 At about the 112-hour stage the neuroblasts of the median cord..shift forward.
1957 L. Eiseley Immense Journey 124 The anthropoid ape..does not make use of nearly the amount of primitive neuroblasts..possible in the lengthier..development of the human child.
1964 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 26 July 231 In 27 cases [of neuroblastoma] the primary malignant stem line consisted of neuroblasts with hyperdiploid DNA content.
1968 Brain 91 557 (caption) The commissural plate, which contains only sparse neuroblasts, predominantly acts as a passive bed for axonal passage.
2000 Developm. Biol. 222 429 Neurons and glia are produced in stereotyped patterns after neuroblast cell division during development of the Drosophila central nervous system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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