leukocyte

English

Alternative forms

leucocyte (UK)

Etymology

From leuko- +‎ -cyte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluːkə(ʊ)sʌɪt/
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Noun

leukocyte (plural leukocytes)

(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.

Synonyms

white blood cell, WBC

Hypernyms

blood cell, hemocyte

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Translations

a white blood cell

Catalan: leucòcit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白血球 (zh) (báixuèqiú), 白細胞／白细胞 (zh) (báixìbāo)
Czech: leukocyt (cs) m
Dutch: leukocyt (nl) m, witte bloedcel f
Esperanto: leŭkocito
Finnish: valkosolu (fi), leukosyytti (fi)
French: leucocyte (fr) m
German: Leukozyt (de) m, weißes Blutkörperchen n
Greek: λευκό αιμοσφαίριο (el) n (lefkó aimosfaírio)
Gujarati: શ્વેતકણ (śvetkaṇ)
Hebrew: תא דם לבן (he), לויקוציט
Hindi: श्वेताणु (śvetāṇu)
Hungarian: leukocita (hu), fehérvérsejt (hu)
Indonesian: leukosit (id), sel darah putih (id)
Irish: leocaicít f, fuilchill bhán f
Italian: leucocita (it) m
Japanese: 白血球 (ja) (はっけっきゅう, hakkekkyū)
Korean: 백혈구(白血球) (ko) (baekhyeolgu)
Maori: pūtau toto mā
Polish: leukocyt (pl) m, krwinka biała (pl) f
Portuguese: leucócito (pt) m
Russian: лейкоци́т (ru) m (lejkocít)
Spanish: leucocito (es) m
Swedish: leukocyt (sv), vit blodkropp (sv)
Tagalog: puting sihay-dugo
Turkish: akyuvar (tr), lökosit (tr)
Vietnamese: bạch huyết cầu (白血球)

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