Medical Dictionary
white blood cell
noun
Medical Definition of WHITE BLOOD CELL
: any of the blood cells that are colorless, lack hemoglobin, contain a nucleus, and include the lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils—called also leukocyte, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle; compare red blood cell
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