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Definition of Leukocytes
1. leukocyte [n] - See also: leukocyte
Medical Definition of Leukocytes
1. Cells that help the body fight infections and other diseases. Also called white blood cells (wbcs). (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leukocytes
Literary usage of Leukocytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Chronic granulo- matous disease leukocytes stain normally for peroxidase; however,
H2O2 formation following phagocytosis is decreased (18). ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Microscopically the lymph contained a few leukocytes and by studying these ...
By increasing the number of leukocytes in the lymph the amount of digested ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1902)
"10-20, leukocytes, 8800j no malarial parasites found. ... 10-23, much distension,
apparently confined to the colon; leukocytes, 8300. ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"Further investigation shows that a part of the disintegrated corpuscles is taken
up by the leukocytes and carried to the red marrow of bones—possibly to ..."
5. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"Frequently, the actively motile bacilli bumped into the leukocytes but only
occasionally ... This experiment shows dearly that some leukocytes, at least, ..."
6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1907)
"rabbits caused in twenty-four hours an increase of 5 per cent, in the number of
leukocytes. Experiment 4.—3 cc of the same serum injected into guinea-pigs ..."
7. The Journal of Medical Research (1901)
"Lung : 17.3 leukocytes per field; 46 cocci per field. Bacteria in fixed tissue
cells 42 per cent. " leukocytes 56 " " Free bacteria 2 " " Phagocytic index ..."
8. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"The leukocytes become attached to the walls of the veins and in a less degree to
... EMIGRATION OF leukocytes The emigration of leukocytes can be followed, ..."
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