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granulocyte

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • grăn′yə-lō-sīt′
  • Received-Pronunciation, contemporary: /ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/
  • /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/ Received Pronunciation, conservatism
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/
  • Canada: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsʌɪt/
  • Australian: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʉˌsɑet/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɛn.jə.lɐʉˌsaɪt/
  • Scotland: /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsaɪt/
  • Scotland: /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsʌi̯t/
  • Scotland: /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsəi̯t/
  • rhymes with -anjələʊsaɪt
  • rhymes with -ænjələʊsaɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AH0 N UW1 L OW0 S AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, immunology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English granule Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English granulocyte From granule + -o- + -cyte.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: granulocyt — blood cell
  • Dutch: granulocyt — blood cell
  • French: granulocyte — blood cell
  • Hungarian: granulocita — blood cell
  • Italian: granulocita — blood cell
  • Japanese: 顆粒球 (karyūkyū) — blood cell
  • Polish: granulocyt — blood cell
  • Portuguese: granulócito — blood cell
  • Swedish: granulocyt — blood cell