leukocyte

Other forms of leukocyte

plural

leukocytes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leukocyte

What does leukocyte mean?

leukocyte means "blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system".

How many syllables are in leukocyte?

leukocyte has 3 syllables: leu-ko-cyte. The stress falls on "leu". In IPA it is /ˈlukəˌsaɪt/.

What is another word for leukocyte?

Close synonyms include leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leukocyte a common word?

leukocyte is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with leukocyte?

24 words rhyme with leukocyte. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.