n.
Pronunciation: ' mä-n ə - ˌ s ī t
Function: 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 \ ˌ mä-n ə - ' si-tik \ adjective