LEUCOCYTE

leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC

(noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body’s defense system

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

leucocyte (plural leucocytes)

(immunology) Alternative spelling of leukocyte

Source: Wiktionary


Leu"co*cyte, n. Etym: [Leuco- + Cr. (Physiol.)

Definition: A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of hone, connective tissue, etc.

Note: They all consist of more or less spherical masses of protoplasm, without any surrounding membrane or wall, and are capable of motion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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