ˈmīəlōˌsīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary myel- + -cyte
1. : a bone-marrow cell ; especially : a motile cell with cytoplasmic granules that gives rise to the granulocytes of the blood but is not itself present in normal blood
2. : a nerve cell of the gray matter of the central nervous system
• my·e·lo·cyt·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sid.ik adjective