myelocyte

See also: myélocyte

English

Etymology

From myelo-, from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -cyte (“cell”), from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “container, receptacle”).

Noun

myelocyte (plural myelocytes)

  1. a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature
  2. a cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord
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