GRANULOCYTE

Granulocyte

Granulocytes are a category of white blood cells characterized by the presence of granules in their cytoplasm. They are also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes because of the varying shapes of the nucleus, which is usually lobed into three segments. In common parlance, the term polymorphonuclear leukocyte often refers specifically to neutrophil granulocytes, the most abundant of the granulocytes. Granulocytes are produced via granulopoeisis in the bone marrow by the regulatory complement proteins.

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granulocyte

Noun

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


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