Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large, circulating, phagocytic white blood cell, having a single well-defined nucleus and very fine granulation in the cytoplasm. Monocytes constitute from 3 to 8 percent of the white blood cells in humans.
Wiktionary
- n. immunology, cytology A type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
Examples
“Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.”
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“The researchers therefore chose to grow (culture) monocytes, derived from mouse blood, under angiogenic conditions prior to transplantation to determine if these so-called monocyte derivatives could be beneficial.”
“In acute monoblastic leukemia, the leukemia cell, the monoblast, is the precursor of the monocyte, another type of infection-fighting white blood cell.”
“Because of the retreat tomorrow I'm doing part of the monocyte isolation today and finishing it tomorrow evening after the retreat.”
“We found that the HCHF diet induced a high inflammatory status my italics, as indicated by increased concentrations of interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor TNF-alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1.”
“Selar, restored to her prim and proper self, was testing monocyte chemotactic peptide recruitment in the specimens gathered on Quirinus, but found time to watch what was going on.”
“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.”
“Treatment with CsA decreased creatinine clearance, increased monocyte”
“Corticosteroid treatment suppressed other proangiogenic factors in hemangioma-derived stem cells, including urokinase plasminogen activator receptor, interleukin-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and matrix metalloproteinase 1.”
“In the INFMAC population obtained 24h after PBS treatment, approximately one-tenth of monocyte-like cells and almost one-quarter of vacuolized cells were apoptotic.”
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denoting a mature cell
lymphocyte, leucocyte, hemocyte, oocyte, spermatocyte, thrombocyte, phagocyte, myelocyte, monocyte, microcyte, melanocyte, histiocyte and 1 more...
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neutrophil, platelet, erythrocyte, leucocyte, waldenstrom's mac..., megakaryocyte, monoclonal gammop..., pernicious anaemia, megaloblast, thalassaemia, phagocyte, basophil and 5 more...
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