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Meanings of white corpuscle in English

Portuguese
leucócito
Catalan
globuls blancs
Wikidata

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

leucócito
Usage of white corpuscle in English
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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
2
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
4
Phagocytes, that's what they are-whitecorpuscles-andit's all they're there for.
The Wrong Twin
5
Pressure tends to break down the wall of white corpuscles and to spread the infection.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
6
Ive heard this notion that the white corpuscles-whatis it that whats his name?-Metchnikoff-callsthem
The Doctor's Dilemma
7
Those little round cells are the red corpuscles and the larger irregular cells are the white corpuscles.
The Dream Doctor
8
Not only do the white corpuscles pass through the vessels, but the blood fluid also passes out.
Disease and Its Causes
9
Streams of red and white corpuscles throb down highways to the fuzzy logic of intelligent traffic lights.
Snow Crash
10
In the blood are 30,000,000 white corpuscles, and 180,000,000,000,000 red ones.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
11
Their movements are rather slow, and resemble those of Amoebae or of the white corpuscles of the blood.
Insectivorous Plants
12
Our blood lacks the white corpuscles.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
13
Traffic streamed through the night like red and white corpuscles flowing through the darkness of the human body.
Death Trance
14
Spores, enlarged white corpuscles.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
15
Watch our phagocytes come forward now, just as those tiny white corpuscles rush through the blood to an invaded spot.
The Wrong Twin
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The water, fibrin and white corpuscles are increased; the red cells are at first relatively diminished, but later return to normal.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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