Meanings
noungranulocyte (plural granulocytes)
plural granulocytes
- biologyAny of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
1 more example
This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes".
1908 September 28, Charles A. Elliott, “The atypical and large mononuclear cells of the blood”, in Quarterly Bulletin of the Northwestern University Medical School, volume 10, number 2, page 2
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
- Proto-Italic*grānom
- Latingrānum
- Latinulum
- Latingrānulum
- Frenchgranule
- Englishgranule
- Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
- Latincyta
- Englishgranulocyte
Translations
Czech granulocyt
- granulocytblood cell
Dutch granulocyt
- granulocytblood cell
French granulocyte
- granulocyteblood cell
Hungarian granulocita
- granulocitablood cell
Italian granulocita
- granulocitablood cell
Japanese 顆粒球
- 顆粒球 (karyūkyū)blood cell
Polish granulocyt
- granulocytblood cell
Portuguese granulócito
- granulócitoblood cell
Swedish granulocyt
- granulocytblood cell
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Cite this entry
APA
granulocyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulocyte
MLA
“granulocyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulocyte. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granulocyte,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulocyte.
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