monocyte

English Thesaurus

1. a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria (noun.body)

hypernym	:	leucocyte, leukocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle,
definition	:	blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system (noun.body)

hyponym	:	monoblast,
definition	:	a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow (noun.body)