granulocyte

noun
/ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/UK/ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt//ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/CA

Etymology

From granule + -o- + -cyte.

  1. derived from grānum
  2. borrowed from grānulum
  3. borrowed from granule
  4. formed as granulocyte — “granule + -o- + -cyte

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for granulocyte. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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