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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Iodine or Glycogen Reaction.—The leucocyte count may be supplemented by staining films of the blood with a watery solution of iodine and potassium iodide.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In new-born infants the leucocyte count is abnormally high, ranging from 15,000 to 20,000.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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

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