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- [loo-kuh-sit]
- /ˈlu kəˌsɪt/
- /ˈljuː.kə.saɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [loo-kuh-sit]
- /ˈlu kəˌsɪt/
Definitions of leukocytes word
- noun leukocytes white blood cell. 1
- noun leukocytes Plural form of leukocyte. 1
- noun leukocytes plural of leukocyte. 0
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Origin of leukocytes
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; leuko- + -cyte
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Parts of speech for Leukocytes
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
leukocytes popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
leukocytes usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for leukocytes
noun leukocytes
- red blood cell — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
- white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
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