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monocyte

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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

Narrower terms: monoblast

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Monozyt.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: monòcit — type of blood leukocyte
  • Chinese Mandarin: 单核细胞 (dānhéxìbāo) — type of blood leukocyte
  • Czech: monocyt — type of blood leukocyte
  • Dutch: monocyt — type of blood leukocyte
  • Finnish: monosyytti — type of blood leukocyte
  • French: monocyte — type of blood leukocyte
  • German: Monozyt — type of blood leukocyte
  • Hungarian: monocita — type of blood leukocyte
  • Italian: monocito — type of blood leukocyte
  • Latin: monocytus — type of blood leukocyte
  • Portuguese: monócito — type of blood leukocyte
  • Spanish: monocito — type of blood leukocyte
  • Swedish: monocyt — type of blood leukocyte