myoblast

myoblast
A primitive muscle cell with the potentiality of developing into a muscle fiber. SYN: sarcoblast, sarcogenic cell. [myo- + G. blastos, germ]

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myo·blast 'mī-ə-.blast n an undifferentiated cell capable of giving rise to muscle cells

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n.
a cell that develops into a muscle fibre.
myoblastic adj.

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myo·blast (miґo-blast) [myo- + -blast] an embryonic cell that becomes a muscle cell or fiber; called also sarcoblast. myoblastic adj

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