Erythroblast/Definition

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Immature, nucleated erythrocytes occupying the stage of erythropoiesis that follows formation of erythroid precursor cells and precedes formation of reticulocytes. The normal series is called normoblasts. Cells called megaloblasts are a pathologic series of erythroblasts. (National Library of Medicine)