HAEMATOBLAST

Etymology

Noun

haematoblast (plural haematoblasts)

(anatomy) One of the minute disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles.

Synonyms

• blood plaque

• blood plate

Source: Wiktionary

Hæm"a*to*blast, n. Etym: [Hæmato- + -blast.] (Anat.)

Definition: One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition