monocyte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Monozyt.

Noun

monocyte (plural monocytes)

(immunology, cytology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.

Related terms

monocytic
monocytically
monocytoid

Translations

type of blood leukocyte

Czech: monocyt m
Dutch: monocyt m
Finnish: monosyytti (fi)
French: monocyte (fr) m
German: Monozyt (de) m
Hungarian: monocita

Italian: monocito
Latin: monocytus m (Contemporary Latin)
Portuguese: monócito
Spanish: monocito
Swedish: monocyt (sv) c

Further reading

monocyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Blend of mono(nucléaire) +‎ (leuco)cyte

Noun

monocyte m (plural monocytes)

(cytology) monocyte

Further reading

“monocyte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈno.ky.te/, [mɔˈnɔ.kʏ.tɛ]

Noun

monocyte m

vocative singular of monocytus

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