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

1 sense of monocyte

Sense 1
monocyte -- (a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria)
       => leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC -- (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)