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n. - A type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria.

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  • Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.
  • Because of the retreat tomorrow I'm doing part of the monocyte isolation today and finishing it tomorrow evening after the retreat.
  • Mononucleosis gets its name from the kind of white blood cell (monocyte) that increases in number in the blood of persons who have the disease.
  • In acute monoblastic leukemia, the leukemia cell, the monoblast, is the precursor of the monocyte, another type of infection-fighting white blood cell.
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