leucocyte
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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
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 Alexis Thomson
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 W. Myers
Degeneration and death of cells, haemorrhages, serous and fibrinous exudations, leucocyte emigration, proliferation of connective tissue and other cells, may be mentioned as some of the fundamental changes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The direction of motion is due to stimulation of that part of the body of the leucocyte which is towards the source of the stimulus.
From Disease and Its Causes by William Thomas Councilman
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