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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
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