Leukocyte

Definition: Leukocyte

Leukocyte

Noun

1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.

Specialty Definitions: Leukocyte

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Leucocyte:all the white cells of the blood and their precursors(myeloid cell series, lymphoid cell series)but commonly used to indicate granulocytes exclusive of lymphocytes. Source: European Union. (references)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Leukocyte

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LEM	English	Leukocyte endogenous mediator	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Leukocyte

Synonyms: leucocyte (n), white blood cell (n), white blood corpuscle (n), white cell (n), white corpuscle (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Leukocyte

English words defined with "leukocyte": basophil, basophile ♦ eosinophil, eosinophile ♦ granulocyte ♦ lymph cell, lymphocyte ♦ monocyte, myelocyte ♦ neutropenia, neutrophil, neutrophile. (references)

Specialty definitions using "leukocyte": Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, Antigens, CD11, Antigens, CD36 ♦ Chemotaxis, Leukocyte ♦ DNA Probes, HLA ♦ Granulomatous Disease, Chronic ♦ HLA Antigens ♦ Integrins, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, Interferon-alpha ♦ Leukapheresis, Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition Test, Leukocyte Count, Leukocyte Disorders, Leukocyte Elastase, Leukocyte Migration-Inhibitory Factors, Leukocyte Transfusion, Leukostasis, Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 ♦ Macrophage-1 Antigen ♦ Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion, Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure ♦ Transfer Factor. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Leukocyte

Domain	Title
Books	Leukocyte Adhesion Molecules: Structure, Function and Regulation (reference) Physiology and Pathophysiology of Leukocyte Adhesion (reference) Structure, Function, and Regulation of Molecules Involved in Leukocyte Adhesion: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on 'Structure and (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Leukocyte

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A. Peripheral blood leukocyte from an AIDS patient producing HIV. There are several particles budding from the periphery of the cell. Other virus particles cluster outside the cell membrane. (x30) b. Enlargement of far right center area of top photo showing mature HIV particles. (x90) c. HIV particle budding from cell membrane. (x200) d. Mature hiv particle with characteristic core. (x200). See artwork: GR-07.Credit: Matt Gonda (photographer).
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Non-Fiction Usage: Leukocyte

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs). (references)
		Figure 1. Electronphotomicrograph of morulae in a bone marrow leukocyte in a patient with ehrlichiosis. (references)
		Hemolytic and nonhemolytic reactions are largely caused by alloimmunization to red cell and leukocyte antigens. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Leukocyte

"Leukocyte" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Leukocyte" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	94.44%	17	85,106
Noun (proper)	5.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	18	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Leukocyte

Expressions using "leukocyte": Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition Test ♦ Leukocyte Count ♦ Leukocyte Disorders ♦ Leukocyte Elastase ♦ Leukocyte Migration-Inhibitory Factors ♦ Leukocyte Transfusion. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "leukocyte": Leukocyte-Adhesion, Leukocyte-Adhesion, Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome, leukocyte-epithelial.
	Ending with "leukocyte": Activated-Leukocyte.
	Containing "leukocyte": Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leukocyte

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
leukocyte esterase	25
leukocyte	22
human leukocyte elastase	16
biology journal leukocyte	8
human leukocyte antigen	8
adhesion deficiency leukocyte	4
donor infusion leukocyte	2
biology leukocyte society	2
leukocyte alkaline phosphatase	2
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Modern Translations: Leukocyte

Language		Translations for "leukocyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		leukocit (leucocyte), rruazë e bardhë (leucocyte). (various references)

Arabic		‏كروية بيضاء في الدم (leucocyte). (various references)

Bulgarian		левкоцит (leucocyte, white cell). (various references)

Danish		leukocyt (leucocyte, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle), hvidt blodlegeme (leucocyte, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle). (various references)

Dutch		weefselgroep (leukocyte system), polymorfkernige leukocyt (polymorphonuclear leukocyte), Humaan Leukocyten Antigen (human leukocyte antigen). (various references)

Farsi		گلبول سفیدخون . (various references)

Finnish		valkoinen verisolu (white blood cell). (various references)

French		leucocyte (leucocyte). (various references)

German		Leukozyte. (various references)

Greek		λευκοκύτταρο. (various references)

Hungarian		leukocita (leucocyte), vérsejt (leucocyte), fehér vérsejt (leucocyte). (various references)

Italian		leucocito (leucocyte), leucocita (leucocyte). (various references)

Pig Latin		eukocytelay

Portuguese		leucemia (leukaemia, leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia). (various references)

Russian		лейкоцит (leucocyte). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		leukocit (leucocyte). (various references)

Spanish		leucocito (leucocyte, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle). (various references)

Swedish		polymorfonukleär leukocyt (polymorphonuclear leukocyte), polymorfonukleär granulocyt (polymorphonuclear leukocyte), polymorfkärnig leukocyt (polymorphonuclear leukocyte), polymorfkärnig granulocyt (polymorphonuclear leukocyte), human leukocyte antigen (human leukocyte antigen). (various references)

Thai		เม็�"โลหิตขาว. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Leukocyte

Derivations
	Words beginning with "leukocyte": leukocytes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Leukocyte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: leucocytic, leukocite, leukocye, leukocytic. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Leukocyte"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "leukocyte" (pronounced luw"kusī't)
4	-u s ī' t	andesite, anthracite, lymphocyte, magnesite, parasite, phagocyte, plebiscite.
3	-s ī' t	calcite, eyesight, foresight, granulocyte, hindsight, insight, oversight, website.
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Anagrams: Leukocyte

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-l-o-t-u-y"
	-3 letters: coulee, cutely, locket.
	-4 letters: cleek, clout, culet, cutey, elect, elute, ketol, lucky, lycee, octyl, yokel.
	-5 letters: celt, cete, clot, cloy, clue, coke, cole, colt, coly, cote, cuke, cult, cute, eely, keel, keet, keto, koel, kyte, leek, leet, leke, leku, lock, lout, luce, luck, lute, teel, tele, toke, tole, tolu, tuck, tule, tyee, tyke.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-k-l-o-t-u-y"
	+1 letter: leukocytes.
	+3 letters: leukocytoses.
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