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nounblood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense systemtype of:
Definition that contains leukocyte
- plasma the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
- leukemia malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
- corpuscle either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
- leukaemia malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
- lymphocyte an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
- neutropenia leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte)
- plasm the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
- neutrophil the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
- eosinophil a leukocyte readily stained with eosin
- myeloblast a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow