white corpuscle
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1. blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | free phagocyte, |
| definition | : | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | myelocyte, |
| definition | : | an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | myeloblast, |
| definition | : | a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lymph cell, lymphocyte, |
| definition | : | an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | granulocyte, |
| definition | : | a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | monocyte, |
| definition | : | a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | basophil, basophile, |
| definition | : | a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | neutrophil, neutrophile, |
| definition | : | the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes (noun.body) |
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