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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system [syn: leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also leukocyte) 1 a white blood cell. 2 any blood cell that contains a nucleus. Derivatives: leucocytic adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Leucocyte Leu"co*cyte (l[=u]"k[-o]*s[imac]t), n. [Leuco- + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc. Note: They all consist of more or less spherical masses of protoplasm, without any surrounding membrane or wall, and are capable of motion.