FREE PHAGOCYTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A phagocyte that circulates in the blood

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("free phagocyte" is a kind of...):

phagocyte; scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free phagocyte"):

leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)

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