A very large immature cell, especially in medical or biological terminology.
From 'giganto-' (giant) + 'blast' (from Greek blastos, meaning germ or bud). Medical terminology combining Greek elements to describe oversized cellular precursors.
Hematologists spotted gigantoblasts when studying certain bone marrow diseases—they're abnormally large precursor cells that signal something has gone wrong in blood cell development.
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