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ru·bri·cyte

n :  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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