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 under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.