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How to say "White blood cell" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	白血球
	(Japanese)	白血球
	(German)	Leukozyt
	(Spanish)	Leucocito
	(French)	Leucocyte
	(Italian)	Leucocita

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Granulocytopenia

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Ehrlichiosis

Human ehrlichiosis is a zoonotic infection in humans transmitted by a variety of tick species. The genus Erlichaea are characterized by small, rounded gram-negative cocci that invade white blood cells...

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Granulocyte

Granulocytes are a category of white blood cells, characterised by the fact that all types have... Eosinophil granulocytes Basophil granulocytes See also: white blood cell, blood count Cardiovascular system - Blood Red blood cells - White blood cells - Platelets - Blood plasma White blood...

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Granulocytosis

In medicine, granulocytosis is the presence in peripheral blood of an increased number of granulocytes, a category of white blood cells. Often, the word refers to an increased neutrophil granulocyte... blood cell counts have been shown to indicate a worse prognosis...

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Blood cell

A blood cell is any cell of any type normally found in blood. In mammals, these fall into three general categories: red blood cells, whose main purpose is the transport of oxygen white blood cells... bone marrow cells known as megakaryocytes and are important in blood clotting...

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Humoral immunity

- Lymphatic�system White blood cells - B cells - Antibodies - Antigen (MHC) Lymphocytes: T�cells (Cytotoxic... Humoral immunity is mediated by secreted antibodies, produced in cells of the B lymphocyte lineage (B cell). Secreted antibodies bind to antigens on the surfaces of invading microbes, which flags...

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Monocyte

A monocyte is a white blood cell, part of the human body's immune system. It is one of the 5 major types of white blood cell, based on the appearance of white blood cells, in stained smears, as... the total number of white blood cells counted...

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Pus

Pus is a whitish-yellow or yellow substance that can be found in regions of bacterial infection, including superficial infections, such as pimples, and deeper infections, such as abscesses. Pus mainly consists of white blood cells and dead bacteria, as well as inflammatory exudate. When seen in a...

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Agranulocytosis

Agranulocytosis can result in a dangerous reduction in the number of white blood cells within the body. A large amounts of drugs has been associated with agranulocytosis, including antiepileptics, antithyroid drugs and some antipsychotics (the atypical antipsychotic clozapine). Although the...

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Haemophilia A

Hematological malignancy and White blood cells Lymphoma (Hodgkin's�disease, NHL) - Leukemia (ALL... (Thrombocytosis, Polycythemia) - Neutropenia Red blood cells Anemia - Hemochromatosis - Sickle-cell�anemia... Haemophilia A (also spelt Hemophilia A or Hæmophilia A ) is a blood clotting disorder caused by a...

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