leukocyte
An achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=978-0-323-05290-0&isbn=1/ GOC:tfm GOC:add ]
Synonyms: white blood cell, leucocyte
Term info
- BTO:0000751
- MESH:D007962
- CALOHA:TS-0549
- FMA:62852
immune cell
Leukocyte
Term relations
- hematopoietic cell and bearer of some nucleated and capable of some ameboidal-type cell migration
- motile cell
- anatomical entity
- hematopoietic cell
- nucleate cell
- develops from some hematopoietic stem cell
- part of some immune system
- capable of some ameboidal-type cell migration
- only in taxon some Vertebrata