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hemocytoblast, generalized stem cell, from which, according to the monophyletic theory of blood cell formation, all blood cells form, including both erythrocytes and leukocytes. The cell resembles a lymphocyte and has a large nucleus; its cytoplasm contains granules that stain with a base.

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