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- noun Plural form of
myeloblast .
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In acute granulocytic leukemia, the marrow produces too many precursors of granulocytes (called myeloblasts), a type of white blood cell, that when mature, fights infections, particularly infections from bacteria.
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Leukemic myeloblasts, however, cannot mature and they do not fight infections.
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In acute promyelocytic leukemia, promyelocytes that are just a bit more mature than the myeloblasts crowd out the normal marrow cells.
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Myelomonocytic leukemia consists of cells with characteristics of both monoblasts and myeloblasts.
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As the myeloblasts overproduce, they crowd out other blood cells.
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(I-L) The well-differentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with maturation consists of myeloblasts (less than 90%) and mature granulocytes with typical doughnut-like shape.
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