Look up: leukocyte

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   Leukocyte
   Leukocytes is the anatomical term for colourless corpuscles. (White blood cells).
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   Leukocyte
   A white blood cell, usually a phagocyte.
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   leukocyte
   [n] - blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi
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   Leukocyte
   another name for a white blood cells
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   leukocyte
   Synonym for white blood cell ... <haematology> White corpuscles in the blood. They are spherical, colourless and nucleated masses involved with host defenses. ... Normal white blood cell counts are variable with age and sex. Normal adult range is 4, 500 to 11,000 cells per cubic millimetre of blood. Slightly higher counts are seen in children. ...
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   leukocyte
   leucocyte noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body`s defense system
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   leukocyte
   (loo´ko-sīt) a type of blood cell that lacks hemoglobin and is therefore colorless. Leukocytes are larger in size and fewer in number than erythrocytes; normally the blood has about 8000 of them per mm3. In contrast to erythrocytes, leukocytes can move about under their own power with ameboid movement. Their chief functi...
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   leukocyte
   a cellular component of the blood that lacks hemoglobin, has a nucleus, is capable of motility, and defends the body against infection and disease by ... [19 related articles]
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   leukocyte
   A type of cell formed in the myelopoietic, lymphoid, and reticular portions of the reticuloendothelial system in various parts of the body, and normally present in those sites and in the circulating blood (rarely in other tissues). Under various abnormal conditions, the total numbers or proportions, or both, may be characteristically increased, dec...
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    leukocyte
    A white blood cell, specifically a colorless cell with a nucleus, found in blood and lymph. Leukocytes represent the body's primary defense against invading organisms and other foreign material. They use two main methods of defense: phagocytosis (consumption of the invader) and the immune response. ...
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    leukocyte
    leukocyte (lOO'kusīt") : see blood.
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