agranulocyte

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ granule +‎ -o- +‎ -cyte

Noun

agranulocyte (plural agranulocytes)

1. (biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.

Hypernyms

• leucocyte
• leukocyte
• white blood cell
• WBC

Hyponyms

• lymphocyte
• monocyte

Coordinate terms

• granulocyte

Derived terms

• agranulocytic

 

Translations

white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in its cytoplasm

• Hungarian: agranulocita
• Italian: agranulocita (it) m
• Polish: agranulocyt m
• Portuguese: agranulócito m