colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage

colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage
(CFU-GM) a precursor cell in the granulocytic series that can grow into a myeloblast in the presence of appropriate stimulators in vitro. Called also colony forming u.–culture.

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