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• leucocyte (UK)

語源

From leuko- +‎ -cyte.

発音

• IPA: /ˈluːkə(ʊ)sʌɪt/

名詞

leukocyte (plural leukocytes)

1. (hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.
   • 1923, International Medical Digest, page 316:

     In disease of the spleen, especially Banti's disease or fibro-adenia of the spleen, the increase of leukocytes is absent or slight, with no relative lymphocytosis.

   • 2022 March 17, Joan T. Merrill, Victoria P. Werth, Richard Furie et al., “Phase 2 Trial of Iberdomide in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 386, number 11, →DOI, page 1034:

     Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

同意語

• white blood cell, WBC

上位語

• blood cell, hemocyte

下位語

• granulocyte (and its hyponyms)
• lymphocyte (and its hyponyms)
• myelocyte

等位語

• erythrocyte, red blood cell, RBC
• thrombocyte, platelet

派生語