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

1 sense of white cell

Sense 1
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)
       => blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle -- (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)
       => free phagocyte -- (a phagocyte that circulates in the blood)