white blood cell
noun
: any of the blood cells that are colorless, lack hemoglobin, contain a nucleus, and include the lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
called also leukocyte, white blood corpuscle, white cell
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Low Blood Cell Counts Taking zinc supplements every day for several months can lower red or white blood cell counts.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
But those preclinical studies uncovered how T cells, specialized white blood cells that are programmed to recognize and exterminate threats like cancer, are more active in the morning.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
The condition is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The delivery of cytokines can stimulate the white blood cell production that is damaged by exposure; treatment with potassium iodide or Prussian blue can help eliminate radioactive particles from the body; and proper washing can prevent skin burns that might take days to show up.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
But those preclinical studies uncovered how T cells, specialized white blood cells that are programmed to recognize and exterminate threats like cancer, are more active in the morning.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
The condition is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The delivery of cytokines can stimulate the white blood cell production that is damaged by exposure; treatment with potassium iodide or Prussian blue can help eliminate radioactive particles from the body; and proper washing can prevent skin burns that might take days to show up.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
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“White blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20blood%20cell. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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