leucocyte

American  

[loo-kuh-sahyt] / ˈlu kəˌsaɪt /

noun

Immunology.

1. leukocyte.

---

leucocyte British  

/ ˈluːkəˌsaɪt, ˌluːkəˈsɪtɪk /

noun

1. Also called: white blood cell.   white blood corpuscle.  any of the various large unpigmented cells in the blood of vertebrates See also lymphocyte granulocyte monocyte

---

Other Word Forms

• leucocytic
  adjective

Example Sentences

It is well known that the leucocyte count is high in infancy and old age, decreasing in between.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starting at one end of the film move the slide slowly across the microscope stage and as each leucocyte comes into view count and record the number of ingested bacteria.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

The morphological character of leucocytosis is certainly not simple, and we must sharply separate various groups, according to the kind of leucocyte increased.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

The Lymphocyte.—This is the smallest leucocyte, being only about 0.0065 mm. in diameter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

The anaemia accompanying the disease is due partly to the leucocyte overgrowth, which takes up the space in the marrow belonging of right to red corpuscle formation and interferes with it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various