granulocyte

American  

[gran-yuh-loh-sahyt] / ˈgræn jə loʊˌsaɪt /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.

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granulocyte British  

/ ˌɡrænjʊləˈsɪtɪk, ˈɡrænjʊləˌsaɪt /

noun

1. any of a group of phagocytic leucocytes having cytoplasmic granules that take up various dyes See also eosinophil neutrophil basophil

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granulocyte Scientific  

/ grăn′yə-lō-sīt′ /

1. Any of various white blood cells that contain granular material in the cytoplasm and are immunologically active, especially in phagocytosis. Granulocytes are the most numerous of the white blood cells in humans.

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Other Word Forms

• granulocytic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of granulocyte

First recorded in 1905–10; granule + -o- + -cyte

Example Sentences

The two main groups, both illustrated in Figure 31.7 are the granulocytes, which include the neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils, and the agranulocytes, which include the monocytes and lymphocytes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Telomere fluorescence measurements in granulocytes and T lymphocyte subsets point to a high turnover of hematopoietic stem cells and memory T cells in early childhood.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

Both granulocytes and monocytes are stimulated by GM-CSF; granulocytes, monocytes, platelets, and erythrocytes are stimulated by multi-CSF.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

But Dr. Zubrod foresees a day when extraction of the granulocytes from normal blood can be made so much more efficient that they will become available for safe treatment of other illnesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some have donated blood from which up to 100 billion granulocytes have been extracted and given to a single child victim of the acute disease.

From Time Magazine Archive