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A type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
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monocyte
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n. a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
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n. (context immunology cytology English) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiation into a macrophage.
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Monocytes are a type of white blood cell , or leukocyte . They are the largest type of leukocyte and can differentiate into macrophages or dendritic cells . As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also influence the process of adaptive ...
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A special cocktail of granulocytes, monocytes, lymphocytes and soluble proteins.
Put a drop of my blood between two cover-slips and pull, stain the dried smear with Wright's, and under the microscope you will see biconcave red cells, polymor-pholcucocytes in their infinite variety, the dull-blue stodgi-ness of monocytes, lymphocytes with sky-clear cytoplasm.