Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mastocyte

1 sense of mastocyte

Sense 1
mast cell, mastocyte, labrocyte -- (a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation)
       => somatic cell, vegetative cell -- (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";)