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leukocytoclastic

leukocytoclastic adjective: tending to destroy white blood cells.

Adjective

leukocytoclastic (comparative more leukocytoclastic, superlative most leukocytoclastic)

  1. Tending to destroy white blood cells

Forms of leukocytoclastic

comparativemore leukocytoclastic
superlativemost leukocytoclastic

Origin of leukocytoclastic

From leuco- (“white blood cell”) + cytoclastic (“tending to destroy cells”).

Words formed from leukocytoclastic

  • leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Questions about leukocytoclastic

What does leukocytoclastic mean?
Leukocytoclastic means tending to destroy white blood cells.
What part of speech is leukocytoclastic?
Leukocytoclastic is an adjective.

Words near leukocytoclastic in the dictionary

  1. leukocyte
  2. leukocytemia
  3. leukocytes
  4. leukocytic
  5. leukocytoclasia
  6. leukocytoclastic
  7. leukocytoid
  8. leukocytolysis
  9. leukocytopaenia
  10. leukocytopaenias
  11. leukocytopenia

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