MONOCYTE


Meaning of MONOCYTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmä-nə-ˌsīt ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: circa 1913

: a large white blood cell with finely granulated chromatin dispersed throughout the nucleus that is formed in the bone marrow, enters the blood, and migrates into the connective tissue where it differentiates into a macrophage

• mono·cyt·ic ˌmä-nə-ˈsi-tik adjective

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