See Also: polychromatic cell(medicine)
polychromatic(dictionary)
Polychromatic(medicine)
Erythrocyte (red blood cell, red cell, red corpuscle)(health)
Red blood Cell (erythrocyte, red cell, red corpuscle)(health)
T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma(medicine)
nk cell(medicine)
rod cell(medicine)
Fat cell(health)
CELL(law)

pretentious (iou) and polychromatic cell (medicine)


pretentious (iou)



pretentious adjective. M19.
[French pretentieux, from pretention, formed as PRETENSION: see -IOUS.]
Making excessive or unwarranted claim to merit or importance; making an exaggerated outward show, ostentatious.
Dylan Thomas The pretentious palming off of doggerel..as 'arty' poetry is too much. J. Steinbeck An immaculate..house, grand enough, but not pretentious.
pretentiously adverb M19.
pretentiousness noun M19.

polychromatic cell (medicine)


polychromatic cell


A primitive erythrocyte in bone marrow, with basophilic material as well as haemoglobin (acidophilic) in the cytoplasm.

Synonym: polychromatophil cell.