granulocyte

English

Etymology

granule +‎ -o- +‎ -cyte

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænjəloʊˌsaɪt/

Noun

granulocyte (plural granulocytes)

(cytology, immunology) Any of various blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
- 1908 September 1, Charles A. Elliott, “The atypical and large mononuclear cells of the blood”, in Quarterly Bulletin of the Northwestern University Medical School, volume 10, number 2, page 2:
  This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes".

Synonyms

multinuclear leukocyte

Derived terms

Translations

blood cell

Czech: granulocyt m
Dutch: granulocyt (nl) m
Hungarian: granulocita

Italian: granulocita (it) m
Japanese: 顆粒球 (かりゅうきゅう, karyūkyū)
Swedish: granulocyt (sv) c

Anagrams

Alger County, glycuronate

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