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nor·mo·blast

(nôr′mə-blăst′)

An erythroblast, especially one that is developing normally, in contrast with an abnormal megaloblast.

[German Normoblast : norm(al), normal (from Late Latin normālis; see normal) + -blast, -blast (from Greek blastos, bud, germ).]

nor′·mo·blas′tic (-blăs′tĭk) adj.

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Translations

nor·mo·blast

n. normoblasto, célula roja precursora de los eritrocitos en los humanos.

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References in periodicals archive ?

* The marrow of majority of the patients showed normoblastic maturation (43%), 35% had megaloblastic maturation and 21% showed erythroid suppression.

PANCYTOPENIA- A CLINICO-HAEMATOLOGICAL STUDY

Erythropoiesis was normoblastic in 29 (50.8%) patients, depressed in 20 (35.0%) patients and normoblastic with mild megaloblastic changes in 4 (7.0%) patients.

SPECTRUM OF BONE MARROW CHANGES IN PATIENTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (STAGE III, IV AND V)

Bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy revealed normal cellularity and normoblastic erythropoiesis and there were no extramedullary cells.

Paediatrics primary myelofibrosis and acute stroke: A rare presentation

Mild megaloblastic changes in 35% cases while it was dimorphic in 11% cases and normoblastic in 5% cases.