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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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At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with leukemia: a cancer that causes the body to produce too many abnormal white blood cells.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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

In this case, the virus has been modified to replicate only inside tumor cells, causing them to burst, while simultaneously triggering a more aggressive immune response from the body’s own white blood cells.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

When you get injured, your immune system sends certain white blood cells to calm pain-sensing neurons and inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Because his white blood cells can identify and destroy the infected cells, this man doesn’t get sick.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann