semigranulocyte

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noun

A form of granulocyte having unstable granules

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Meanings

nounsemigranulocyte (plural semigranulocytes)

plural semigranulocytes

  1. A form of granulocyte having unstable granules

    At ecdysis stage, semigranulocyte numbers are reduced to 4.8 ± 1.1 x10 6 cells/ml hemolymph (60.7 ± 14.4% of THC) while granulocytes are counted to 2.6 ± 0.5 x10 6 cells/ml hemolymph (33.4 ± 6.3% of THC).

    2015 September 23, “The Involvement of Hemocyte Prophenoloxidase in the Shell-Hardening Process of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From semi- + granulocyte.

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