Noun

• S: (n) leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)
• S: (n) somatic cell, vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes) "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"
• S: (n) cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
• S: (n) living thing, animate thing (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) free phagocyte (a phagocyte that circulates in the blood)
• S: (n) phagocyte, scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)
• S: (n) somatic cell, vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes) "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"
• S: (n) cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
• S: (n) living thing, animate thing (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))