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MYELOCYTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("myelocyte" is a kind of...):

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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 Context examples: 

The determination of the ratio of myelocytes compared to leukocytes in a blood sample.

(Myelocyte to Leukocyte Ratio, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the number of myelocyte cells present in a sample.

(Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)

The biological process that refers to the maturation of myelocytes.

(Myeloid Cell Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

A cytoplasmic granule found in the myelocyte lineage that can be stained with azure dyes.

(Azurophilic Granule, NCI Thesaurus)

These cells are similar to both monocytes and myelocytes (immature cells that develop into different types of immune system cells).

(Myelomonocyte, NCI Dictionary)