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/mon"euh suyt'/, n. Cell Biol.a large, circulating white blood cell, formed in bone marrow and in the spleen, that ingests large foreign particles and cell debris.[1910-15; MONO- + -CYTE]
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Monocyte — under a light microscope (40x) from a peripheral blood smear surrounded by red blood cells. Latin monocytus Code … Wikipedia
monocyte — [ mɔnɔsit ] n. m. • 1931; de mono et cyte ♦ Biol. Gros leucocyte mononucléaire de 15 à 25 micromètres. ● monocyte nom masculin Leucocyte mononucléé, la plus grande des cellules circulantes (15 à 22 μm de diamètre), qui assure essentiellement la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
monocyte — [män′ō sīt΄, män′əsīt΄] n. [ MONO + CYTE] a large, mononuclear, nongranular white blood cell with a round or kidney shaped nucleus monocytic [män′ōsit′ik] adj … English World dictionary
Monocyte — Monocytes Les monocytes sont des cellules sanguines de la famille des leucocytes (globules blancs) qui évoluent en macrophages ou cellules dendritiques. Les précurseurs de ces cellules se trouvent dans la moelle osseuse rouge sous formes de… … Wikipédia en Français
Monocyte — A white blood cell that has a single nucleus and can ingest (take in) foreign material. (In other words, a monocyte is thus a mononuclear phagocyte that circulates in the blood.) Monocytes later emigrate from blood into the tissues of the body… … Medical dictionary
monocyte series — monocytic series the succession of developing cells that ultimately culminates in the monocyte; after the colony forming unit–granulocyte macrophage, the stages in order of maturity are the monoblast, promonocyte, and the mature monocyte … Medical dictionary
monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 — See monocyte chemotactic and activating factor … Dictionary of molecular biology
monocyte chemotactic and activating factor — (= MCAF; JE; monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; MCP 1) Cytokine of the C C subfamily, co induced with interleukin 8 on stimulation of endothelial cells, fibroblasts or monocytes, that activates and is chemotactic for monocytes. A chemokine … Dictionary of molecular biology
monocyte — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1913 a large white blood cell with finely granulated chromatin dispersed throughout the nucleus that is formed in the bone marrow, enters the blood, and migrates into the connective… … New Collegiate Dictionary
monocyte — (mon o saīt) A mononuclear phagocytic leukocyte that circulates briefly in the bloodstream before migrating to the tissues where it becomes a macrophage … Dictionary of microbiology
monocyte — Mononuclear phagocyte circulating in blood that will later emigrate into tissue and differentiate into a macrophage … Dictionary of molecular biology
