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Granulocyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of a group of white blood cells having granules in the cytoplasm.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of various blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm

Word Usage

"Something in coffee -- though researchers have yet to determine what exactly that "something" is -- interacts with caffeine, boosting levels of a growth factor called granulocyte colony stimulating factor GCSF that appears to fight off Alzheimer's disease in mice, according to the study that will be published next week in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

white blood corpuscle leucocyte white blood cell white cell leukocyte

Form

granulocyte colony-stimulating factor granulocytic granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

multinuclear leukocyte

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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