monocyte
nounEtymology Borrowed from German Monozyt.
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Biology, Cytology, Immunology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- Related terms
- leukomonocyte, lymphomonocyte, monocytemia, monocytic, monocytically, monocytogenous, monocytoid, monocytopenia, monocytopoiesis, monocytosis, monocytotropic, myelomonocyte, premonocyte, promonocyte
- Hypernyms
- agranulocyte, leukocyte