leukocyte

leu·ko·cyte also leu·co·cyte  (lk-st)

n.

See white blood cell.

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leuko·cytic (-stk) adj.

leuko·cytoid adj.

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leukocyte also leucocyte  (lk-st)

See white blood cell.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

leukocyte - blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system leucocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle myelocyte - an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow myeloblast - a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets free phagocyte - a phagocyte that circulates in the blood lymph cell, lymphocyte - an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection granulocyte - a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm monocyte - a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria basophil, basophile - a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains neutrophil, neutrophile - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes eosinophil, eosinophile - a leukocyte readily stained with eosin