white corpuscle

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noun

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi;
an important part of the body's defense system
• Syn:
leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, WBC
• Hypernyms:
blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle, free phagocyte
• Hyponyms:
myelocyte, myeloblast, lymphocyte, lymph cell, granulocyte,
granulocyte, basophil, basophile, neutrophil, neutrophile,
eosinophil, eosinophile