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Leucocyte

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leu⋅co⋅cyte

[loo-kuh-sahyt]
–noun Immunology.
leukocyte.

leu⋅co⋅cyt⋅ic, adjective

leu⋅ko⋅cyte

[loo-kuh-sit]
–noun Immunology.
white blood cell.
Also, leucocyte.


Origin:
1865–70; leuko- + -cyte


leu⋅ko⋅cyt⋅ic [loo-kuh-sit-ik] , adjective
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leu·ko·cyte also leu·co·cyte   (lōō'kə-sīt')   
n.  See white blood cell.
leu'ko·cyt'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj., leu'ko·cy'toid' adj.
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Main Entry: leu·ko·cyte
Variant: or chiefly British leu·co·cyte /'lü-k&-"sIt/
Function: noun
1 : WHITE BLOOD CELL
2 : a cell (as a macrophage) of the tissues comparable to or derived froma leukocyte
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leucocyte leu·co·cyte (l&oomacr;'kə-sīt')
n.
Variant of leukocyte.

leukocyte leu·ko·cyte or leu·co·cyte (l&oomacr;'kə-sīt')
n.
See white blood cell.


leu'ko·cyt'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj.

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