Medical Dictionary

rubricyte

noun ru·bri·cyte \ˈrü-bri-ˌsīt\

Medical Definition of RUBRICYTE

:  an immature red blood cell that has a nucleus, is about half the size of developing red blood cells in preceding stages, and has cytoplasm that stains erratically blue, purplish, and gray due to the presence of hemoglobin :  polychromatic normoblast

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