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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
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- noun immunology, cytology A type of
blood leukocyte thatdifferentiates into amacrophage .
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- noun a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
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Examples
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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.
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Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.
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Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.
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Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.
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Because of the retreat tomorrow I'm doing part of the monocyte isolation today and finishing it tomorrow evening after the retreat.
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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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Because of the retreat tomorrow I'm doing part of the monocyte isolation today and finishing it tomorrow evening after the retreat.
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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.
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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.
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