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Pronunciation: lim′fō-blast
Definition: A young immature cell that matures into a lymphocyte and is characterized by more abundant cytoplasm than in a lymphocyte, a nucleus in which the chromatin is finer than in a lymphocyte (but coarser than in a myeloblast), and one or two rather prominent nucleoli.
Synonym(s): lymphocytoblast
[lympho- + G. blastos, germ]
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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