Granulocyte

//ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.

    "This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes"."

  2. 2
    a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm wordnet

Synonyms

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multinuclear leukocyte

Example

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"This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes"."

Etymology

From granule + -o- + -cyte.

Related phrases

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