endogenous erythroid colony

noun

A diagnostic laboratory finding where erythroid progenitor cells from a patient’s bone marrow or peripheral blood grow into colonies in vitro without the addition of exogenous erythropoietin, used as a marker of abnormal stem cell behavior.

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EEC
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Meanings

nounendogenous erythroid colony (plural endogenous erythroid colonies)

plural endogenous erythroid colonies

  1. hematologyA diagnostic laboratory finding where erythroid progenitor cells from a patient’s bone marrow or peripheral blood grow into colonies in vitro without the addition of exogenous erythropoietin, used as a marker of abnormal stem cell behavior.

    Synonyms: EEC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA diagnostic laboratory finding where erythroid progenitor cells from a patient’s bone marrow or peripheral blood grow into colonies in vitro without the addition of exogenous erythropoietin, used as a marker of abnormal stem cell behavior.

Similar
EEC
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