granulocyte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʉˌsɑet/ (Australia)
- /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/ Received Pronunciation, conservatism
- /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsaɪt/ (Scotland)
- grăn′yə-lō-sīt′
- /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsəi̯t/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsʌɪt/ (Canada)
- /ˈɡɹan.jə.loˌsʌi̯t/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation, contemporary)
- /ˈɡɹɛn.jə.lɐʉˌsaɪt/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin grānulumbor. French granulebor. English granule Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English granulocyte From granule + -o- + -cyte.
Meanings
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Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes".
1908 September 14, Charles A. Elliott, “The atypical and large mononuclear cells of the blood”, in Quarterly Bulletin of the Northwestern University Medical School, volume 10, number 2, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| granulocytes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
eosinophilic granulocyte · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor · granulocytopenic · neutrophil granulocyte · neutrophilic granulocyte · antigranulocyte · eosinophil granulocyte · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor · basophilic granulocyte · granulocytosis · granulocytopenia · granulocytic
Hypernyms
white blood cell · leucocyte · leukocyte · WBC
Hyponyms
eosinophil · neutrophil · semigranulocyte · mast cell · polymorphonuclear leukocyte = PMN = PML · multinuclear leukocyte · basophil
Translations (9)
sv granulocyt (blood cell) · pl granulocyt (blood cell) · ja 顆粒球 (blood cell) · hu granulocita (blood cell) · pt granulócito (blood cell) · it granulocita (blood cell) · cs granulocyt (blood cell) · fr granulocyte (blood cell) · nl granulocyt (blood cell)