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Meanings of WBC in English

Portuguese
leucócito
Catalan
globuls blancs
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Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.

      leucócito
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      Examples for "leukocyte"
      Examples for "leukocyte"
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      The leukocyte count was a second significant but not independent risk factor.
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      Background: Inhibition of leukocyte adhesion can reduce myocardial infarct size in animals.
      Pubmed
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      Here we test whether leukocyte telomerase activity changes under acute psychological stress.
      Pubmed
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      Agents that interfere with leukocyte adherence afford significant protection against reperfusion injury.
      Pubmed
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      Preliminary characterization of an apparently novel bovine leukocyte adhesion protein is described.
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      The immunostimulatory capacity of these cells was measured by mixed leucocyte reaction.
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      The mixed leucocyte reaction showed significantly reduced immunostimulatory capacity of infected DC cultures.
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      No changes in basement membrane composition were observed before leucocyte infiltration.
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      No significant difference in leucocyte or platelet regeneration was observed.
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      We conclude that DS is a potential inhibitor of both platelet and leucocyte activation.
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      The moment that happened, a nearby white blood cell engulfed the molecule.
      Unity
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      Plasma C3a concentrations showed better predictive value than white blood cell counts.
      Pubmed
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      The warning flags severe risks of diarrhea and low white blood cell count.
      Reuters
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      His return to training was delayed by an elevated white blood cell count.
      The Guardian
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      Peripheral white blood cell counts were most normal And PCT were all negative.
      Pubmed
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      Seconds later, she was sliding open the bolts on the white cell door.
      The accident man
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      So it keeps only a few copies of each white cell.
      The Red Queen
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      Her white cell count would drop in free fall, all the way to zero.
      The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
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      Eventually, Shadow swoops away, and the minions drag Akash to a dazzling white cell.
      Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
      5
      He saw a jumble of cells, mostly red cells, and an occasional misshapen white cell.
      The Lost World
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      Some of the white blood corpuscles escape from the blood-vessels through the thin walls of the capillaries.
      First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
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      Opsonin is what you butter the disease germs with to make your white blood corpuscles eat them.
      The Doctor's Dilemma
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      Leukaemia is a disease marked by an excessive and permanent increase in the white blood corpuscles and consequent progressive anæmia.
      The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
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      2.-AmœboidMovement of a Human White Blood Corpuscle.
      A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
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      Blood counts before and after a cold-water application show a very marked increase in the number of red and white blood corpuscles.
      Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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      The white corpuscle has but two dumping places now, the lungs or kidneys.
      The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
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      The same thing but made with white corpuscles rather than red corpuscles?'
      Slow decay
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      This produces a diminution in the numbers of the white corpuscles.
      The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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      Phagocytes, that's what they are-whitecorpuscles-andit's all they're there for.
      The Wrong Twin
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      Pressure tends to break down the wall of white corpuscles and to spread the infection.
      Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
      Usage of WBC in English
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      The Turpins were declared bankrupt seven years ago, WBC News has reported.
      News.com.au
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      At age 45 he came close to upsetting WBC champion Oliver McCall.
      Reuters
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      Other WBC first-round games will be played in Tokyo, Miami and Guadalajara.
      Reuters
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      Plasma half-life had the strongest correlation with WBC toxicity and combined toxicities.
      Pubmed
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      It also demonstrates the prognostic value of the initial WBC count.
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      Westpac Banking Corp WBC.AX was widely expected to put in a final bid.
      Reuters
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      PCT and WBC count was obtained before laparotomy and then compared between groups.
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      The factors affecting the sensitivity of NMP22 were tumor size and urinary WBC.
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      I love that WBC belt and I love that Fury is the holder.
      The Guardian
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      The win ended Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion.
      Radio NZ
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      Last month he also won his 12th consecutive fight, retaining his WBC Heavyweight title.
      Reuters
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      He has held the WBC International flyweight title since 2019.
      The South African
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      Both groups of patients experienced decreases in WBC and platelets.
      Pubmed
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      Immediately after the fight, Mayweather was challenged by the WBC welterweight champion Shane Mosley.
      The Guardian
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      The DNA of WBC showed a higher level of methylated cytocine than placental DNA.
      Pubmed
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      The loss in proliferative BM SUV uptake translates into low WBC nadirs after treatment.
      Pubmed
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