An immature blood cell that is in a transitional stage between a red blood cell and a white blood cell, or a cell showing characteristics of both.
From hemo- (blood) + leuco- (Greek leukos, white) + -cyte (Greek kytos, cell). This rare hematological term describes hybrid or transitional cell types observed in certain blood disorders or developmental stages.
Hemoleucocytes are nature's in-between forms—cells caught in the middle of their transformation—and spotting them in a blood sample usually means something unusual is happening in the bone marrow's production lines.
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