Monocytes

Monocytes share the 'vacuum cleaner' function of neutrophils, but are much longer lived as they have an additional role.
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Monocytes share the "vacuum cleaner" (phagocytosis) function of neutrophils, but are much longer lived as they have an additional role: they present pieces of pathogens to T cells so that the pathogens may be recognised again and killed, ...
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Monocytes leave the blood and become macrophages and dendritic cells.
This scanning electron micrograph (courtesy of Drs. Jan M. Orenstein and Emma Shelton) shows a single macrophage surrounded by several lymphocytes.
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monocytes: some of the white blood cells that function in phagocytosis.
monosaccharides: sugars that are composed of single molecules.
monotremes: the egg-laying mammals that produce milk.
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monocytes White blood cells that clean up dead viruses, bacteria, and fungi and dispose of dead cells and debris at the end of the inþammatory response.
monohybrid cross In genetics, a cross that involves only one characteristic. PICTURE ...
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The major oxidation system in neutrophils and monocytes is a combination of NADPH oxidase and myeloperoxidase.
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Although helper T cells seem to be the main target for HIV, other cells can become infected as well. These include monocytes and macrophages, which can hold large numbers of viruses within themselves without being killed.
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leukocyte Any of several kinds of white blood cells (for example, granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes), so-called because they bear no hemoglobin, as do red blood cells.
leukorrhea White, puslike discharge resulting from infection.
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Large white blood cells that contribute to the immune defenses by ingesting microbes, other cells, and foreign particles. The two principal phagocytes are neutrophils and monocytes.
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