monocyte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Monozyt.

Noun

monocyte (plural monocytes)

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

Hypernyms

leukocyte
- agranulocyte

Related terms

Translations

type of blood leukocyte

Catalan: monòcit m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 单核细胞 (zh) (dānhéxìbāo)
Czech: monocyt m
Dutch: monocyt m
Finnish: monosyytti (fi)
French: monocyte (fr) m
German: Monozyt (de) m
Hungarian: monocita (hu)
Italian: monocito (it)
Latin: monocytus m (Contemporary Latin)
Portuguese: monócito
Spanish: monocito
Swedish: monocyt (sv) c

Further reading

monocyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Blend of mono(nucléaire) +‎ (leuco)cyte

Noun

monocyte m (plural monocytes)

(cytology) monocyte

Further reading

“monocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈnɔ.ky.tɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈnɔː.t͡ʃi.t̪e]

Noun

monocyte m

vocative singular of monocytus