white cell

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsleukocyteleucocytewhite blood cellwhite blood corpusclewhite corpuscleWBC

   Broaderblood cellfree phagocyte

   Narrowermyelocytemyeloblastlymphocytegranulocytemonocytebasophilneutrophileosinophil

Questions about white cell

What does white cell mean?

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

What is another word for white cell?

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

white cell 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.