Sympathoblast
sympathoblast sym·pa·tho·blast (sĭm’pə-thō-blāst’)
n.
A primitive cell derived from neuroglia of the neural crest that develops into a cell of the adrenal medulla. Also called sympathetoblast, sympathicoblast.
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