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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How did nobody catch a high white blood cell count?
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Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Cancerous plasma cells reduce the production of the white blood cells that support your immune system.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Now that his pitching career no longer has to take a back seat to his health, Hess can focus more on his speed and spin rate than his white blood cell count.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Researchers have long known that the amoebiasis parasite can kill white blood cells to evade the immune system.
—Jay Kakade
may 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
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Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Cancerous plasma cells reduce the production of the white blood cells that support your immune system.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Now that his pitching career no longer has to take a back seat to his health, Hess can focus more on his speed and spin rate than his white blood cell count.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Researchers have long known that the amoebiasis parasite can kill white blood cells to evade the immune system.
—Jay Kakade
may 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
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“White blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20blood%20cell. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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