Meaning & use
erythroid
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Relating to or resembling red blood cells or the cells that develop into them.
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The bone marrow biopsy showed abnormal erythroid cell development.
Erythroid progenitor cells eventually mature into red blood cells.
A note on using this word
Erythroid combines the Greek erythros, meaning 'red,' with the suffix -oid, meaning 'resembling,' and is a term used mainly in hematology.
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