"monocyte" meaning in English

See monocyte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: monocytes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Monozyt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (small)}}, {{bor|en|de|Monozyt}} German Monozyt Head templates: {{en-noun}} monocyte (plural monocytes)
  1. (immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage. Categories (topical): Cytology, Immunology Hypernyms (leukocyte): agranulocyte Related terms: monocytic, monocytically, monocytoid Translations (type of blood leukocyte): monòcit [masculine] (Catalan), 单核细胞 (dānhéxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), monocyt [masculine] (Czech), monocyt [masculine] (Dutch), monosyytti (Finnish), monocyte [masculine] (French), Monozyt [masculine] (German), monocita (Hungarian), monocito (Italian), monocytus (english: Contemporary Latin) [masculine] (Latin), monócito (Portuguese), monocito (Spanish), monocyt [common-gender] (Swedish)

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