white blood cell

white blood cell

noun

Definition of WHITE BLOOD CELL

: any of the blood cells that are colorless, lack hemoglobin, contain a nucleus, and include the lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils —called also leukocyte, white blood corpuscle, white cell

First Known Use of WHITE BLOOD CELL

1869

Rhymes with WHITE BLOOD CELL

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