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leukocyte definitions

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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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1870 white blood cell • leukocytic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of LEUCOCYTE.

Moby Thesaurus

Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, antibody, antigen, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet, blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute, bloodmobile, bloodstream, circulation, clinical dextran, dextran, erythrocyte, globulin, gore, grume, hematics, hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte, hemoglobin, hemometer, humor, ichor, isoantibody, lifeblood, neutrophil, opsonin, phagocyte, plasma, plasma substitute, red corpuscle, serum, type O, venous blood, white corpuscle