English Explanatory Dictionary

monocyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.

Word forms

monocyte monocytes

Etymology

Borrowed from German Monozyt.

Related words

leukomonocyte lymphomonocyte monocytemia monocytic monocytically monocytogenous monocytoid monocytopenia monocytopoiesis monocytosis monocytotropic myelomonocyte premonocyte promonocyte
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