wbc

Other forms of wbc

plural

wbcs·

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 wbc

What does wbc mean?

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

How many syllables are in wbc?

wbc has 1 syllable: wbc.

What is another word for wbc?

Close synonyms include leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood 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 wbc a common word?

wbc 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.