white blood cell
noun
: 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
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What multiple doctors had written off as dry skin was, in fact, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that starts in white blood cells called T cells and primarily affects the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Puppies with parvo may collapse, have a high heart rate, have difficulty breathing, have low white blood cell counts, be hypothermic or be hypoglycemic.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
His older son has an immune disease called eosinophilic esophagitis, where white blood cells gather in the esophagus and cause issues with swallowing and breathing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
At that time, the thymus is largely responsible for developing T cells, a critical type of white blood cell that help to fight infections.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Puppies with parvo may collapse, have a high heart rate, have difficulty breathing, have low white blood cell counts, be hypothermic or be hypoglycemic.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
His older son has an immune disease called eosinophilic esophagitis, where white blood cells gather in the esophagus and cause issues with swallowing and breathing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
At that time, the thymus is largely responsible for developing T cells, a critical type of white blood cell that help to fight infections.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for white blood cell
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“White blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20blood%20cell. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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