An overview of the terminology is shown below, from earliest to final stage of development:* blast* procyte* cyte* metacyte* mature cell nameThe root for erythrocyte colony-forming units (CFU-E) is "rubri", for granulocyte-monocyte colony-forming units (CFU-GM) is "granulo" or "myelo" and "mono", for lympocyte colony-forming units (CFU-L) is "lympho" and for megakaryocyte colony-forming units (CFU-Meg) is "megakaryo".
An overview of the terminology is shown below, from earliest to final stage of development:* blast* procyte* cyte* metacyte* mature cell nameThe root for erythrocyte colony-forming units (CFU-E) is «rubri», for granulocyte-monocyte colony-forming units (CFU-GM) is «granulo» or «myelo» and «mono», for lympocyte colony-forming units (CFU-L) is «lympho» and for megakaryocyte colony-forming units (CFU-Meg) is «megakaryo».