leukocyte

Noun

Meaning

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

WBC white blood cell leucocyte hematology erythrocyte lymphocyte corpuscle neutrophil granulocyte phagocyte blood cell red blood cell blood serum blood corpuscle eosinophil
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Hypernyms

corpuscle blood cell blood corpuscle free phagocyte

Hyponyms

lymphocyte neutrophil granulocyte myeloblast eosinophil monocyte

Phrases with the word

PMN leukocyte polymorphonuclear leukocyte leukocyte common antigen b lymphoid immune system defense leukocyte b lymphoid immune system leukocyte leukocyte-containing

Examples

Kidney and pancreas lists are based on location, blood type, Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing and wait time. Source: Internet

The antibody in myasthenia gravis attacks a normal human protein, targeting a protein called an acetylcholine receptor, or a related protein called a muscle-specific kinase. citation Human leukocyte antigens have been associated with MG susceptibility. Source: Internet

“We have discovered that a protein present in the stem cell niche called Lar ((Leukocyte Antigen Related-like) which acts like a rheostat in regulating the level of exposure to insulin. Source: Internet

SK1 is expressed in lung, spleen, and leukocyte cells, whereas SK2 is expressed in kidney and liver cells. Source: Internet

They were all found to be homozygous for a mutation in the gene that caused Bovine Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency. Source: Internet

In order to reach this stage, it took around a year for us to establish the rules and alternately repeat machine learning and the professor’s experiments for one Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) type. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

leukocortical leukocratic leukocytapheresis leukocyte casts leukocyte common antigen leukocyte-containing