monocyte

IPA: mˈɑnʌsaɪt

(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.

Examples of "monocyte" in Sentences

Then finally there is the monocyte, which is an immature macrophage in the blood stream.
Because of the retreat tomorrow I'm doing part of the monocyte isolation today and finishing it tomorrow evening after the retreat.
In acute monoblastic leukemia, the leukemia cell, the monoblast, is the precursor of the monocyte, another type of infection-fighting white blood cell.
We found that the HCHF diet induced a high inflammatory status my italics, as indicated by increased concentrations of interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor TNF-alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1.
The researchers therefore chose to grow (culture) monocytes, derived from mouse blood, under angiogenic conditions prior to transplantation to determine if these so-called monocyte derivatives could be beneficial.