leucocyte

[ loo-kuh-sahyt ]

/ ˈlu kəˌsaɪt /

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noun Immunology.

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OTHER WORDS FROM leucocyte

leu·co·cyt·ic, adjective

Words nearby leucocyte

leucite, leuco-, leuco base, leucoblast, leucocratic, leucocyte, leucocytosis, leucodepleted, leucoderma, leucoline, leucoma

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How to use leucocyte in a sentence

As soon as a leucocyte touches a resisting body it reacts to the contact by applying the largest possible surface to it.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900|Various
Hence the danger to the individual leucocyte is minimized and the maximum effect obtained.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various
Surely now the regular leucocyte cavalry have them at their mercy, and can cut them down at leisure.
Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson
The result is the pigmented leucocyte, so characteristic of malarial blood.
The Popular Science Monthly, July, 1900|Various

It stood out sharply when he focused—the white, jellyfish shape of a single-celled leucocyte.
Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for leucocyte

leucocyte

esp US leukocyte

/ (ˈluːkəˌsaɪt) /

noun

any of the various large unpigmented cells in the blood of vertebratesAlso called: white blood cell, white blood corpuscle See also lymphocyte, granulocyte, monocyte

Derived forms of leucocyte

leucocytic or esp US leukocytic (ˌluːkəˈsɪtɪk), adjective

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