monocyte

名词 monocyte:

1. a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria

mon.o.cyte

n.（名词）
A large, circulating, phagocytic white blood cell, having a single well-defined nucleus and very fine granulation in the cytoplasm. Monocytes constitute from 3 to 8 percent of the white blood cells in human beings.
单核细胞：一种循环巨噬白血细胞，生有一个界线分明的核，在细胞浆中有微小颗粒。单核细胞占人体白血细胞的3%到8%

【引伸】
mon.ocyt.ic