Meanings
nounwhite blood cell (plural white blood cells)
plural white blood cells
- biologyA type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system.
Synonyms: WBC, white cell, leukocyte, white blood corpuscle, leukocyte
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system.
More synonyms by meaning
nounblood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
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Translations
Afrikaans witbloedselle
- witbloedsellecytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Arabic كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ بَيْضَاءُ, خَلِيَّةُ دَمٍ بَيْضَاءُ
- كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ بَيْضَاءُ (kurayyatu damin bayḍāʔu)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- خَلِيَّةُ دَمٍ بَيْضَاءُ (ḵaliyyatu damin bayḍāʔu)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Bengali শ্বেত রক্তকণিকা
- শ্বেত রক্তকণিকা (śet roktoknika)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Bulgarian бяло кръвно телце
- бяло кръвно телце (bjalo krăvno telce)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Catalan glòbul blanc
- glòbul blanccytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Chinese Mandarin 白血球, 白細胞 /白细胞
- 白血球 (báixuěqiú)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- 白細胞 /白细胞 (báixìbāo)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Czech bílá krvinka
- bílá krvinkacytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Danish hvidt blodlegeme, hvid blodcelle
- hvidt blodlegemecytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- hvid blodcellecytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukocytcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Dutch witte bloedcel, leukocyt
- witte bloedcelcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukocytcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Esperanto leŭkocito
- leŭkocitocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Estonian valgelible
- valgeliblecytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Finnish valkoinen verisolu, valkosolu
- valkoinen verisolucytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- valkosolucytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukosyytticytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
French globule blanc
- globule blanccytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
German weißes Blutkörperchen, Leukozyt
- weißes Blutkörperchencytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- Leukozytcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Greek λευκό αιμοσφαίριο
- λευκό αιμοσφαίριο (lefkó aimosfaírio)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Hebrew תא דם לבן, לויקוציט
- תא דם לבןcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- לויקוציטcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Hindi श्वेताणु, श्वेत रक्त कोशिका
- श्वेताणु (śvetāṇu)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- श्वेत रक्त कोशिका (śvet rakt kośikā)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Hungarian fehérvérsejt
- fehérvérsejtcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Icelandic hvítt blóðkorn
- hvítt blóðkorncytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Indonesian sel darah putih, leukosit
- sel darah putihcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukositcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Irish fuilchill bhán, leocaicít
- fuilchill bháncytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leocaicítcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Italian globulo bianco
- globulo biancocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Japanese 白血球
- 白血球 (hakkekkyū)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Korean 백혈구
- 백혈구 (baekhyeolgu)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Malay sel darah putih
- sel darah putihcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Māori pūtau-toto-mā
- pūtau-toto-mācytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Persian گویچهٔ سفید
- گویچهٔ سفید (guiče-ye sefid)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Polish krwinka biała, białe ciałko krwi
- krwinka białacytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- białe ciałko krwicytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukocytcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Portuguese célula branca, glóbulo branco
- célula brancacytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- glóbulo brancocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leucócitocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Punjabi ਚਿੱਟੀ ਰਕਤ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਕਾ
- ਚਿੱਟੀ ਰਕਤ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਕਾ (ciṭṭī rakat kośikā)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Romanian celulă albă, globulă albă
- celulă albăcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- globulă albăcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Russian бе́лая кровяна́я кле́тка, лейкоци́т
- бе́лая кровяна́я кле́тка (bélaja krovjanája klétka)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- лейкоци́т (lejkocít)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Spanish leucocito, glóbulo blanco
- leucocitocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- glóbulo blancocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Swahili seli nyeupe ya damu
- seli nyeupe ya damucytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Swedish vit blodkropp, leukocyt
- vit blodkroppcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- leukocytcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Tagalog puting sihay-dugo
- puting sihay-dugocytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Thai เม็ดเลือดขาว
- เม็ดเลือดขาว (mét-lʉ̂ʉat-kǎao)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Turkish akyuvar, lökosit
- akyuvarcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- lökositcytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Ukrainian лейкоци́т, білокрі́вець
- лейкоци́т (lejkocýt)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- білокрі́вець (bilokrívecʹ)cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
Vietnamese bạch cầu, bạch huyết cầu
- bạch cầucytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
- bạch huyết cầucytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response — see also leukocyte
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