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blast 1. a. the rapid movement of air away from the centre of an explosion, combustion of rocket fuel, etc b. a wave of overpressure caused by an explosion; shock wave 2. any of several diseases of plants and animals, esp one producing withering in plants blast [blast] (computer science) To release internal or external memory areas from the control of a computer program in the course of dynamic storage allocation, making these areas available for reallocation to other programs. (engineering) The setting off of a heavy explosive charge. (physics) The brief and rapid movement of air or other fluid away from a center of outward pressure, as in an explosion. The characteristic instantaneous rise in pressure, followed by a sudden decrease, that results from this movement, differentiated from less rapid pressure changes.
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12] replacement; however, the blast cells persisted in the bone marrow. In this study, researchers obtained leukemia blast cells from five infants and one child with primary ALL. 14,15) The bone marrow aspirate was positive for Sudan black, confirming the myeloid origin of the blast cells, and was positive for nonspecific esterase, which can identify early monocytic precursors and differentiate them from poorly granulated myelocytes. |
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