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Definition of Leucocyte
1. Noun. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.
Specialized synonyms: Myelocyte, Myeloblast, Lymph Cell, Lymphocyte, Granulocyte, Monocyte, Basophil, Basophile, Neutrophil, Neutrophile, Eosinophil, Eosinophile
Generic synonyms: Blood Cell, Blood Corpuscle, Corpuscle, Free Phagocyte
Definition of Leucocyte
1. n. A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc.
Definition of Leucocyte
1. Noun. (immunology) (alternative spelling of leukocyte) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leucocyte
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Leucocyte
1. Generic term for a white blood cell. The family consists of polymorphonuclear neutrophil (polymorphs), lymphocyte, eosinophil, basophil and each functions differently. (16 Dec 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucocyte
Literary usage of Leucocyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"Plasmocyte and leucocyte. ... is appropriate that we should compare the plasmocyte
with the leucocyte in the same blood, and search for some similarities as ..."
2. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1908)
"Injection of ten cubic centimeters of leucocyte extract. May 15. ... leucocyte
extract, ten cubic centimeters on May 18 and May 20. May 21. ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"appearance exactly like the round form of the crescent, while the leucocyte
changes its shape, then swarms, and throws out processes which are ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"A leucocyte examination, therefore, always gives information of greater or less
value. Where clinical indications are definite, leucocyte examination may ..."
5. Clinical methods by Robert Hutchison (1904)
"Hyaline leucocyte, with line amorphous points of basophil substance. t. ...
Hyaline leucocyte, with fine basophil amorphous joints. Fiu. 3. ..."
6. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"ON THE RELATIONS OF THE BONE-MARROW TO leucocyte PRODUCTION AND LEUCOCYTOSIS.
By EGBERT MUIR, MD, F.RC.P.Ed., Professor of Pathology in tlie University of ..."
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