MONOCYTE

monocyte

(noun) a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

monocyte (plural monocytes)

(immunology, cytology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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