LEUKOCYTE

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


Etymology

Noun

leukocyte (plural leukocytes)

(hematology, cytology, immunology) A white blood cell.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.

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