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Haematoblast

Haem′a-to-blast

(-blăstˊ)
,
Noun.
[
Haemato-
+
-blast
.]
(Anat.)
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
.

Definition 2024


haematoblast

haematoblast

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Noun

haematoblast (plural haematoblasts)

  1. (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