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leukocytes

leukocytes is the plural of leukocyte.

Meaning of leukocyte

Noun

leukocyte (plural leukocytes)

  1. Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.
    • In disease of the spleen, especially Banti's disease or fibro-adenia of the spleen, the increase of leukocytes is absent or slight, with no relative lymphocytosis.1923, International Medical Digest, page 316

Phrases with leukocytes

Questions about leukocytes

What is leukocytes the plural of?
Leukocytes is the plural of leukocyte.

Words near leukocytes in the dictionary

  1. leukocratic
  2. leukocytal
  3. leukocytapheresis
  4. leukocyte
  5. leukocytemia
  6. leukocytes
  7. leukocytic
  8. leukocytoclasia
  9. leukocytoclastic
  10. leukocytoid
  11. leukocytolysis

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