agranulocyten.
/əˈɡranjᵿləsʌɪt/, U.S. /əˈɡrænjələˌsaɪt/ Anatomy and Zoology.
A white blood cell or haemocyte that lacks apparent cytoplasmic granules; esp. a lymphocyte or monocyte.
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white corpuscle1823
white cell1852
leucocyte1870
phagocyte1884
macrophage1887
microphage1887
lymphocyte1890
megakaryocyte1890
hyaline cell1894
macrophagocyte1896
microphagocyte1896
scavenger-cell1899
splenocyte1900
polymorph1902
granulocyte1906
lymphoblast1909
agranulocyte1913
monocyte1913
stab1929
hyaline leucocyte1931
smudge cell1937
heterophile1938
siderophage1941
1913 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 20 1050 Mononuclear lymphoid agranulocytes.
1954 Sci. News Let. 16 Jan. 36/3 The agranulocyte cell originates in the lymph glands and carries off waste materials.
1977 Biol. Bull. 152 114 Hemocytes of Mercenaria mercenaria may be divided into three types: agranulocytes, small granulocytes and large granulocytes.
2009 L. Klosterman Immune Syst. iv. 57 In a single drop [of blood] there are usually about 6,000 granulocytes... In that same drop there are usually about 1,500 agranulocytes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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