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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a lobed nucleus. Used especially of neutrophil white blood cells.
- noun A polymorphonuclear cell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having polymorphous nuclei; containing numerous nuclei of variable size and shape, as certain leucocytes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of leucocytes Having a
nucleus withlobes of diverseshapes - noun Such a
leucocyte ; aneutrophil
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They have a multilobed nucleus which may appear like multiple nuclei, hence the name polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
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They have a multilobed nucleus which may appear like multiple nuclei, hence the name polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
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They have a multilobed nucleus which may appear like multiple nuclei, hence the name polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
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These cells are termed the polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
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They are also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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They are also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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They are also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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Infiltration of inflammatory cells such as polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) is an early and acute response to toxic stimuli in the eye
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This effect allows aspirin to inhibit granulocyte adherence to damaged vasculature, stabilize lysosomes and inhibit the migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages to the site of inflammation.
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Effects of L-citrulline oral supplementation on polymorphonuclear neutrophils oxidative burst and nitric oxide production after exercise.
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