MYELOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myelocyte mean? 

• MYELOCYTE (noun)
  The noun MYELOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow

  Familiarity information: MYELOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("myelocyte" is a kind of...):

leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)

 Context examples 

Referring to myelocytes, a type of white blood cell.

(Myelogenous, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the myelocytes to total cells in a biological specimen (for example a bone marrow specimen).

(Myelocyte to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The hematopoietic process that refers to the production of myelocytes.

(Myelopoiesis, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the number of neutrophilic myelocytes in a blood sample.

(Neutrophilic Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the neutrophilic myelocytes in a biological specimen.

(Neutrophilic Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the myelocytes to leukocytes in a biological specimen.

(Myelocyte to Leukocyte Ratio, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the ratio of myelocytes compared to total cells present in a sample.

(Myelocyte to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the eosinophilic myelocytes in a biological specimen.

(Eosinophilic Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the number of eosinophilic myelocytes in a blood sample.

(Eosinophilic Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the myelocytes in a biological specimen.

(Myelocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)