A late neutrophilic metamyelocyte in which the nucleus is indented to more than half the distance to the farthest nuclear margin but in no area being condensed to a single filament. The nucleus is in the form of a curved or coiled band, not having acquired the typical multilobar shape of the mature neutrophil. These cells are fMLP receptor-positive, CD11b-positive, CD35-negative, and CD49d-negative. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12560239 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514007 http://www.cap.org https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0721601464 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10618520 ]