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Monocyte — A white blood cell that has a single nucleus and can ingest (take in) foreign material. (In other words, a monocyte is thus a mononuclear phagocyte that circulates in the blood.) Monocytes later emigrate from blood into the tissues of the body… … Medical dictionary
malignant histiocytosis — a rare type of histiocytosis found accompanying malignancies such as acute myelogenous leukemia; it may be a malignant transformation of stem cells of the monocyte series. It usually affects children or young adults and has a poor prognosis … Medical dictionary
leukocyte — A type of cell formed in the myelopoietic, lymphoid, and reticular portions of the reticuloendothelial system in various parts of the body, and normally present in those sites and in the circulating blood (rarely in other tissues). Under various… … Medical dictionary
Hematopoietic stem cell — HSC=Hematopoietic stem cell, Progenitor=Progenitor cell, L blast=Lymphoblast, Lymphocyte, Mo blast=Monoblast, Monocyte, Myeloblast … Wikipedia
List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
monoblast — An immature cell that develops into a monocyte. [mono + G. blastos, germ] * * * mono·blast män ə .blast n a motile cell of the spleen and bone marrow that gives rise to the monocyte of the circulating blood * * * n. the earliest identifiable cell … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Leishmaniasis — Classification and external resources Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the hand of a Central American adult … Wikipedia
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 — Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin), member 2 PDB rendering based on 1by7 … Wikipedia
