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• plural of white blood cell.

white blood cells

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1. Colorless cells in the blood that help combat infection. Some white blood cells act as scavengers by engulfing foreign particles (such as bacteria) and destroying them. Others produce antibodies or destroy dead cells. (See AIDS.)

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white blood cells

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of a type of white blood cells called plasma cells in the bone marrow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Unlike other white blood cells, such as B cells and T cells, natural killer cells do not need to encounter a specific target beforehand, allowing them to respond quickly.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

He had been fighting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that affects that white blood cells that help you fight infection.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

So, the reason why your white blood count doesn’t spike right away when you get cancer is because your white blood cells are meant to attack alien things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He had precipitated it in dense, swirling strands out of white blood cells that he had wrung out of human pus in surgical dressings.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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