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) 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)
• S: (n) packed cells (a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma) "packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid"
• S: (n) red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)
• S: (n) free phagocyte (a phagocyte that circulates in the blood)
• 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)