STAB CELL -
Noun: Also called a stab, a band, a band cell and a band form. A stab is a young neutrophil which has an elongated nucleus that has not yet become lobed (having a rounded projecting part) as in a mature neutrophil. The picture on the left is a mature neutrophil with 3 lobes. The right picture is of an immature neutrophil (a stab or band cell) in which the nucleus is smoother and more continuous.

Possibly Swedish - stabbe = stump or stub

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