prohemocyte

prohemocyte
n. [Gr. pro, before; haima, blood; kytos, container]
(ARTHROPODA)
A small, round, oval or elliptical hemocyte with a relatively large nucleus and intensely basophilic cytoplasm that divides and gives rise to other types of cells; hemocytoblast; stem cell; urzellen.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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