promonocyten.
/prə(ʊ)ˈmɒnəsʌɪt/, U.S. /proʊˈmɑnəˌsaɪt/ Physiology.
An immature monocyte at a stage of development between the monoblast and monocyte.
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1927 A. Piney Recent Adv. Haematol. ii. 21 Transitional forms should be termed pro-monocytes,..rather than monoblasts.
1970 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 132 813 The results lead to the conclusions that the promonocytes are multiplicative cells and that both daughter cells arising from the division of a promonocyte are monocytes.
1992 G. Ottomanelli HIV Infection & Intravenous Drug Use ii. 16 The bone marrow monoblast, which originates in red bone marrow, is the precursor of the promonocyte, which develops into monocytes.
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