leukocyte

1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi;
   An important part of the body's defense system (synset 105457535)
   is a type of:

   • blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
   • free phagocyte - a phagocyte that circulates in the blood
   subtypes:

   • myelocyte - an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow
   • myeloblast - a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow
   • lymph cell, lymphocyte - an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
   • granulocyte - a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm
   • monocyte - a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
   • basophil, basophile - a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
   • neutrophil, neutrophile - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
   • eosinophil, eosinophile - a leukocyte readily stained with eosin
   same as: leucocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle

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