granulocyte
Meaning of granulocyte
noun
a white blood cell with secretory granules in its cytoplasm, i.e. a neutrophil, basophil, or eosinophil.
early 20th century: from late Latin granulum ‘granule’ + -cyte.
Information about granulocyte
- It is a name.
- The plural form of granulocyte is: granulocytes.
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Hyphenation of granulocyte
gran-u-lo-cyte
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- granulocyte is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with granulocyte
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